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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
* [ THE EDITOR does not Jiold himself responsible , for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ]
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON'S' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . So : AXI ) BROTHER , —I learn from your publication of to-day that the Brethren of the Province of Suffolk , in Grand Lodge assembled , have , after the of
lapse very nearly four months , made me the object of a formal anathema , on account of certain terms in which I alluded to what I considered the distinguishing characteristic of the celebrated meeting held at Ipswich on the 2-ith of September last . If such of your readers as may have seen the report of the Special Provincial Grand Lodge of 16 th instant will do me the favour to refer to your number of September 29 th , 1858 , and peruse the account of the former meeting then given , with minds free
from bias and prejudice , I think they must unanimously agree with me as to the strict accuracy of my description , and will share the surprise I feel at " the coil" that has been " made about me . " They will then see nearly two thirds of a long account of the banquet proceedings devoted to an elaborate defence of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , who had just rjreviously in Grand Lodge , amply vindicated himself , and who wc were emphatically toldneeded no further defence—to the intense gratification ofand
inter-, , change of extravagant compliments between , a select few of the "Masons of eminence from London , " to wit , "Donati ' s Comet" ( as described by Bro . Martin , Prov . D . G . M . ) , and those who constituted the tail of that brilliant luminary on the occasion of his manifestation to the Province of Suffolk ; when he certainly shone with most unwonted effulgence—pleasantly mingled with denunciations of a certain so-called "party" and their reputed organ the Masonic Observeraud liberallinterspersed with praises of most
, y your valuable periodical . Thus , then , 1 do not attempt to palliate or excuse , but on the contrary I justify that for which I have been called in question . This however , 1 assert most positively , that I had not the most remote idea of apph'ing the phrase objected to toany member of the Province of Suffolk . As little did I intend it to apply exclusively to Bro . Havers ; and in a subsequent letter I expressed my surprise that he should appropriate it to himself .
Without arrogating to myself any superior merit , I must respectfull y lay claim to a higher appreciation of my Masonic obligation than—jud ging from their language—appears to be entertained of it by those who were most prominent at the recent Special Grand Lodge at . Ipswich . Deeply indeed should I regret to attempt to brand with odium the name of an absent
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
* [ THE EDITOR does not Jiold himself responsible , for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ]
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON'S' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . So : AXI ) BROTHER , —I learn from your publication of to-day that the Brethren of the Province of Suffolk , in Grand Lodge assembled , have , after the of
lapse very nearly four months , made me the object of a formal anathema , on account of certain terms in which I alluded to what I considered the distinguishing characteristic of the celebrated meeting held at Ipswich on the 2-ith of September last . If such of your readers as may have seen the report of the Special Provincial Grand Lodge of 16 th instant will do me the favour to refer to your number of September 29 th , 1858 , and peruse the account of the former meeting then given , with minds free
from bias and prejudice , I think they must unanimously agree with me as to the strict accuracy of my description , and will share the surprise I feel at " the coil" that has been " made about me . " They will then see nearly two thirds of a long account of the banquet proceedings devoted to an elaborate defence of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , who had just rjreviously in Grand Lodge , amply vindicated himself , and who wc were emphatically toldneeded no further defence—to the intense gratification ofand
inter-, , change of extravagant compliments between , a select few of the "Masons of eminence from London , " to wit , "Donati ' s Comet" ( as described by Bro . Martin , Prov . D . G . M . ) , and those who constituted the tail of that brilliant luminary on the occasion of his manifestation to the Province of Suffolk ; when he certainly shone with most unwonted effulgence—pleasantly mingled with denunciations of a certain so-called "party" and their reputed organ the Masonic Observeraud liberallinterspersed with praises of most
, y your valuable periodical . Thus , then , 1 do not attempt to palliate or excuse , but on the contrary I justify that for which I have been called in question . This however , 1 assert most positively , that I had not the most remote idea of apph'ing the phrase objected to toany member of the Province of Suffolk . As little did I intend it to apply exclusively to Bro . Havers ; and in a subsequent letter I expressed my surprise that he should appropriate it to himself .
Without arrogating to myself any superior merit , I must respectfull y lay claim to a higher appreciation of my Masonic obligation than—jud ging from their language—appears to be entertained of it by those who were most prominent at the recent Special Grand Lodge at . Ipswich . Deeply indeed should I regret to attempt to brand with odium the name of an absent