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The Freemasons' Magazine And The Craft.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND THE CRAFT .
WE are at all times loth to intrude the business affairs of the Magazine on our readers ¦ but the following circular having been issued by a committee of our friends , it would be most ungrateful on our part were wc not to acknowledge their kindness , and to g ive it additional publicity . At the same time , we wish it to be distinctl y understood that this
appeal is not intended to be one of a series , and that , under no circumstances , on the subscription list being once closed , will it be reopened . Once p laced iu a position of comparative security , we are determined that the Magazine shall maintain itself , or we shall retire from the field . We are proud to ! believe that , under the management which has
prevailed since the dissolution of the partnership , the character of this journal has risen in the estimation of the Craft ; of which we have proof in our gradually growing list of subscribers . Five years of labour and some hundreds of pounds we have up to the present time sacrificed in the endeavour to raise the character of the Masonic press ( the partnership losses having exceeded £ 2 , 000 ) , but it is to the
last two years we more particularly refer ( during which the undivided management and responsibility has devoli'ed on one brother ) , as our claim to the confidence and support of the Craft . We have now put the Magazine on what we hope will prove a permanent footing , and ive shall leave to the Craft to determine our future prosperity—to ensure
which no exertions will be wanting on our part to render the Magazine the most perfect Masonic record ever publishedwhilst its literary contents shall entitle it to rank with the most successful publications of the day—every opportunity being taken to improve it in every possible manner , so as to command the largest possible amount of support .
h \ addition to the other attractions of the Alagazine , arrangements have been entered into with , the eminent engraver , Bro . Shenton , for the publication of a series of portraits of the more eminent members of the Order , commencing with that of the Grand Master , which will be forthwith issued , and which we trust will meet with the approval of the brethren .
[ CIECOLAK ] . DEAE SIE AND BEOTHEE , —Allow me to request the favour of your perusal of this appeal , and your aid should it meet with your approval . Towards the close of 1858 , Bro . II . G . AVarren , the sole remaining proprietor of the Freemasons Magazine , found that the financial position of the publication had become such that it ivas a grave
question whether he should not abandon it . Before taking this step he called a meeting of his friends , on the 6 th January last , laid before them the whole facts of the case , and askect their counsel . This meeting ivas presided over by the Iv . AV . Bro . T . II . Hall , Provincial Grand Master for Cambridge , and was attended by a number of distinguished Masons . After hearing Bro . Warren ' s . statement it appeared to the meeting that it ivould be most
desirable to maintain the publication of an independent and impartial organ ofthe Craft , and tho more so that the reports are now published with the sanction of the M . W . G . M . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — ' ¦ ' 1 . That iu the opinion of this Meeting it is indispensable that the Craft should possess an independent , truthful , and temperately conducted Journal .
' 2 . That this Meeting approves of the manner in which the Freemasons' Alagazine has been conducted of late , and considers it worthy of the support of tlie Craft . " 3 . Having reference to the explanation now given by the Editor- as to the losses which ho has incurred in carrying on the Alagazine , this Meeting—with the view of securing its continuance , but without in any way fetteriug the independence of its managementand under the conviction that the journal will
, continue to be conducted in a fair and impartial mannerresolves to enter into a subscription with tho view , as far as possible , of enabling the Editor to meet such losses ; and the Brethren present pledge themselves to use their influence in increasing the number of annual subscribers , both amongst Lodges and the Brethren generally . " It ivas explained to the meeting that a subscription of a com-
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parativcly trifling amount , and a moderate increase in thc number of weekly subscribers , would ensure all that was required to secure the future prosperity of the Magazine . AAliereupon a committee ivas appointed , who , from the favourable replies they have received to their first address , have decided upon appealing to the Craft to come forward and provide the necessary funds , which an average subscription of ten shillings from each Lodge ivould effect .
The committee therefore trust that their brethren will recognize thc desirability of securing the continuance of a well conducted and impartial journal , and one which has given an independent support to the Grand Master , feeling- that tbe brethren generally Avill agree with them that the manner in Avhich the Magazine is IIOAV conducted entitles the proprietor to the generous assistance ofthe Craft .
The committee are also anxious to extend the circulation of tlie Alagazine , and ivould suggest that if every Lodge in England ivhich docs not at present take it in , were to subscribe for one copy , tbe publication ivould not only be placed on a secure footing , but become fairly remunerative to the proprietor and editor . The committee trust , therefore , that you will assist in this endeavour , by allowing your name to be added to the list of
contributors , and by using your influence to augment the fund , and the number of regular subscribers to the Magazine . They would also be glad to receive the name of any brother willing to become a member of the committee . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully , E . S . SiSfELL , HON . SEC . All moneys to be paid to the account of Bro . Algernon Perkins ,
Treasurer , at Messrs . Barclay & Co ., Lombard-street ; or to Bro . E . S . Snell , Secretary , 27 , Albemarle-street , Piccadilly , W . The folloiving Brethren have consented to act on the Committee . BROS . V . DUNDAS , M . P . . P . S . G . AY . V . ROXBURGH . . GRAND Ri-oisTRAr .. It , AA . JENNINGS . . G . D . C . P . SLIGHT . . . . T . G . D . J . HAVERS . . . P . S . G . D . AV . PULT . ENEY SCOTT . P . S . G . D . A . LEVEAU . . . P . G . S . B .
AV . L . EVANS . . . P . G . S . B . ft . J . SPIERS . . . P . G . S . B . and D . P . G . M ., Oxox . HYDE PULLEN . . D . P . G . M ., ISLE OE AVIUHT . ( . ' . BEAUMONT . . P . M . No . 4 , G . S . T . A . ADAMS . . . P . M . Nos . 190 and 200 , G . S . if . J . HINXMAN , M . D . . G . STEWARDS LODOE . C . LOCOCK AVEBB . P . M . No . 4 . B . HEAD . . . P . M . No . 5 .
A . PERKINS . . . P . M . NO . 5 , HOXORAI ! VTRI : ASL ' EDAA'ARD S . SNELL . P . M . No . 5 , 1 . 1 ONOR . A P . V SECRETARV J . E . COTTREL . . P . M . No . S . MAJOR CLERK . . P . M . No . 13 , AVOOLWICH . JOHN SYMONDS . . P . M . No . 23 . M . COOKE ... No . 29 . AV I-l . COLE . . . P . M . No . 32 . HYDE CLARKE . . Nos . 82 and 91 .
B . BAKER . . . No . 38 . NICHOLAS BRADFORD . P . M . No . 51 . S . ALDRICH . . . P . M . No . 19 G . O . HUTTON GREGORY . P . M . No . 233 . W . AVARNER WHEELER P . M . No- 321 . 11 . BRIDGES . . . BRIDGEAVATKR . 0 , TURNER . . . Exr-Ti-ji .
Literature.
Literature .
EEVIEWS 0 P NEW BOOKS . First Impressions of the New World , by Two Traeellers from the Old , ¦ in the Autumn of 1858 . Messrs . Longmans . Life and Liberty in America : Sketches of a ' Four in 1857-8 . By CIIAULES MACKAY , LL . D . 2 vols . Smith , Elder , and Co . NOT many years since , America ivas regarded as a dull , unin'
teresting country , whose citizens were actuated by a vulgar , disagreeable love of the almighty dollar , and who fastened on every traveller with a pertinacity to exhibit the worst side of a great nation . That we have not overstated the conclusion formed in this country of our American cousins , the test is easy , and we have only to turn to the work . ? of Captain Basil Hall , Mrs . Trollope , and Mr . Dickens , for such an amount of sarcasm and
travellers' stories as few works of the same kind can equal . This unfortunate estimate of a race allied to us by the same tongue and blood , is the more to be deplored , because , when the author ? alluded to gave their impressions to tire world , they were
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The Freemasons' Magazine And The Craft.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND THE CRAFT .
WE are at all times loth to intrude the business affairs of the Magazine on our readers ¦ but the following circular having been issued by a committee of our friends , it would be most ungrateful on our part were wc not to acknowledge their kindness , and to g ive it additional publicity . At the same time , we wish it to be distinctl y understood that this
appeal is not intended to be one of a series , and that , under no circumstances , on the subscription list being once closed , will it be reopened . Once p laced iu a position of comparative security , we are determined that the Magazine shall maintain itself , or we shall retire from the field . We are proud to ! believe that , under the management which has
prevailed since the dissolution of the partnership , the character of this journal has risen in the estimation of the Craft ; of which we have proof in our gradually growing list of subscribers . Five years of labour and some hundreds of pounds we have up to the present time sacrificed in the endeavour to raise the character of the Masonic press ( the partnership losses having exceeded £ 2 , 000 ) , but it is to the
last two years we more particularly refer ( during which the undivided management and responsibility has devoli'ed on one brother ) , as our claim to the confidence and support of the Craft . We have now put the Magazine on what we hope will prove a permanent footing , and ive shall leave to the Craft to determine our future prosperity—to ensure
which no exertions will be wanting on our part to render the Magazine the most perfect Masonic record ever publishedwhilst its literary contents shall entitle it to rank with the most successful publications of the day—every opportunity being taken to improve it in every possible manner , so as to command the largest possible amount of support .
h \ addition to the other attractions of the Alagazine , arrangements have been entered into with , the eminent engraver , Bro . Shenton , for the publication of a series of portraits of the more eminent members of the Order , commencing with that of the Grand Master , which will be forthwith issued , and which we trust will meet with the approval of the brethren .
[ CIECOLAK ] . DEAE SIE AND BEOTHEE , —Allow me to request the favour of your perusal of this appeal , and your aid should it meet with your approval . Towards the close of 1858 , Bro . II . G . AVarren , the sole remaining proprietor of the Freemasons Magazine , found that the financial position of the publication had become such that it ivas a grave
question whether he should not abandon it . Before taking this step he called a meeting of his friends , on the 6 th January last , laid before them the whole facts of the case , and askect their counsel . This meeting ivas presided over by the Iv . AV . Bro . T . II . Hall , Provincial Grand Master for Cambridge , and was attended by a number of distinguished Masons . After hearing Bro . Warren ' s . statement it appeared to the meeting that it ivould be most
desirable to maintain the publication of an independent and impartial organ ofthe Craft , and tho more so that the reports are now published with the sanction of the M . W . G . M . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — ' ¦ ' 1 . That iu the opinion of this Meeting it is indispensable that the Craft should possess an independent , truthful , and temperately conducted Journal .
' 2 . That this Meeting approves of the manner in which the Freemasons' Alagazine has been conducted of late , and considers it worthy of the support of tlie Craft . " 3 . Having reference to the explanation now given by the Editor- as to the losses which ho has incurred in carrying on the Alagazine , this Meeting—with the view of securing its continuance , but without in any way fetteriug the independence of its managementand under the conviction that the journal will
, continue to be conducted in a fair and impartial mannerresolves to enter into a subscription with tho view , as far as possible , of enabling the Editor to meet such losses ; and the Brethren present pledge themselves to use their influence in increasing the number of annual subscribers , both amongst Lodges and the Brethren generally . " It ivas explained to the meeting that a subscription of a com-
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parativcly trifling amount , and a moderate increase in thc number of weekly subscribers , would ensure all that was required to secure the future prosperity of the Magazine . AAliereupon a committee ivas appointed , who , from the favourable replies they have received to their first address , have decided upon appealing to the Craft to come forward and provide the necessary funds , which an average subscription of ten shillings from each Lodge ivould effect .
The committee therefore trust that their brethren will recognize thc desirability of securing the continuance of a well conducted and impartial journal , and one which has given an independent support to the Grand Master , feeling- that tbe brethren generally Avill agree with them that the manner in Avhich the Magazine is IIOAV conducted entitles the proprietor to the generous assistance ofthe Craft .
The committee are also anxious to extend the circulation of tlie Alagazine , and ivould suggest that if every Lodge in England ivhich docs not at present take it in , were to subscribe for one copy , tbe publication ivould not only be placed on a secure footing , but become fairly remunerative to the proprietor and editor . The committee trust , therefore , that you will assist in this endeavour , by allowing your name to be added to the list of
contributors , and by using your influence to augment the fund , and the number of regular subscribers to the Magazine . They would also be glad to receive the name of any brother willing to become a member of the committee . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully , E . S . SiSfELL , HON . SEC . All moneys to be paid to the account of Bro . Algernon Perkins ,
Treasurer , at Messrs . Barclay & Co ., Lombard-street ; or to Bro . E . S . Snell , Secretary , 27 , Albemarle-street , Piccadilly , W . The folloiving Brethren have consented to act on the Committee . BROS . V . DUNDAS , M . P . . P . S . G . AY . V . ROXBURGH . . GRAND Ri-oisTRAr .. It , AA . JENNINGS . . G . D . C . P . SLIGHT . . . . T . G . D . J . HAVERS . . . P . S . G . D . AV . PULT . ENEY SCOTT . P . S . G . D . A . LEVEAU . . . P . G . S . B .
AV . L . EVANS . . . P . G . S . B . ft . J . SPIERS . . . P . G . S . B . and D . P . G . M ., Oxox . HYDE PULLEN . . D . P . G . M ., ISLE OE AVIUHT . ( . ' . BEAUMONT . . P . M . No . 4 , G . S . T . A . ADAMS . . . P . M . Nos . 190 and 200 , G . S . if . J . HINXMAN , M . D . . G . STEWARDS LODOE . C . LOCOCK AVEBB . P . M . No . 4 . B . HEAD . . . P . M . No . 5 .
A . PERKINS . . . P . M . NO . 5 , HOXORAI ! VTRI : ASL ' EDAA'ARD S . SNELL . P . M . No . 5 , 1 . 1 ONOR . A P . V SECRETARV J . E . COTTREL . . P . M . No . S . MAJOR CLERK . . P . M . No . 13 , AVOOLWICH . JOHN SYMONDS . . P . M . No . 23 . M . COOKE ... No . 29 . AV I-l . COLE . . . P . M . No . 32 . HYDE CLARKE . . Nos . 82 and 91 .
B . BAKER . . . No . 38 . NICHOLAS BRADFORD . P . M . No . 51 . S . ALDRICH . . . P . M . No . 19 G . O . HUTTON GREGORY . P . M . No . 233 . W . AVARNER WHEELER P . M . No- 321 . 11 . BRIDGES . . . BRIDGEAVATKR . 0 , TURNER . . . Exr-Ti-ji .
Literature.
Literature .
EEVIEWS 0 P NEW BOOKS . First Impressions of the New World , by Two Traeellers from the Old , ¦ in the Autumn of 1858 . Messrs . Longmans . Life and Liberty in America : Sketches of a ' Four in 1857-8 . By CIIAULES MACKAY , LL . D . 2 vols . Smith , Elder , and Co . NOT many years since , America ivas regarded as a dull , unin'
teresting country , whose citizens were actuated by a vulgar , disagreeable love of the almighty dollar , and who fastened on every traveller with a pertinacity to exhibit the worst side of a great nation . That we have not overstated the conclusion formed in this country of our American cousins , the test is easy , and we have only to turn to the work . ? of Captain Basil Hall , Mrs . Trollope , and Mr . Dickens , for such an amount of sarcasm and
travellers' stories as few works of the same kind can equal . This unfortunate estimate of a race allied to us by the same tongue and blood , is the more to be deplored , because , when the author ? alluded to gave their impressions to tire world , they were