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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed ly Correspondents , THE CHIVALROUS DEGREES .
TO THE EDITOK OF THE FUEEHASONS' MAGAZINE AND HASONIC MIBEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I have been met with a very silly objection , that the Masonic Order of Knighthood given by myself and others will not be recognised by the heads of any constituted jurisdiction , nor their decorations be allowed to be used in the lodges . This is a very sillobjection indeedand
y , only brought forward to hinder the great progress of chivalrous Masonry , and to draw away the attention of the public from this great branch of the mysterious science . Imprimis , a Knight of any of their degrees can wear them in the chapter where he was made . Secundo , he can wear them in his own house as often
as he likes . The apron of my original Masonic Order of the Garter is so gorgeous , and contains the emblems of so many Orders of Knighthood that it is superior to the Odd Fellows' apron . It is particularly available for Masonic balls . Thank the stars , we cannot be kept out from them , the women do not
know the difference , and will much more admire what is intellectual than some white or blue apron . It is grander , too , to wear a star than some mechanical emblem dangling from a common collar . The Sir Knight who wears the decorations of chivalrous Knighthood is sure of the notice of his common brethren , if not of their envy . Tours fraternally , W . HARRIS .
A LOST PROVINCE . 10 THE EDITOE OE THE FKEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEBOE . Dear Sir and Brother , — -You correspondent , " Inquirer , " asks " what has become of the ancient province of Rutlandshire ? " I cannot find that any such province ever existedandstill morethat tlie
, , , county ever possessed a Masonic lodge . I trust , however , that this state of things will not prevail much longer . Several highly respectable inhabitants of the county have recently been initiated in the Rutland Lodge ( No . 1 , 130 ) , Melton Mowbray , with the intentionas I have been informedof ere long
, , petitioning for a warrant for a new lodge to be established at Oakham ; and for tho county to bo annexed for Masonic purposes , as it already is in some other respects , to the province of Leicester shire . Tours fraternally , A LEICESTERSHIRE P . M .
[ Our correspondent should refer to tho old calendars and reports of Grand Lodge . —En . F . M . ] AUTHORITY . TO THE EDITOE OF THE FEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIO MIEEOE .
Dear Sir and Brother , —Authority ! what is authority , and what are its bounds , and who will hold Squire Jones ? Bro . Manningham ' s letter , which comes most suspiciously , may for aught we know be genuine , but for aught we know , may not . The test of the genuineness is settled by authority . A "Masonic Student" pins his faith on the German
Correspondence.
Masonic publisher , Bro . Findel , and . so does Bro . Hughan . It has not occurred to Bro . Hughan , that even if Bro . Findel is an authority on German MSS ., and of that there is no evidence , any more than there is that . he has seen tho Netherlands MSS ., Bro . Hughan himself is a far better authority on an English M . S . —its writingits spellingand its style .
, , Authority to be operative must be exercised within its own proper bounds , and as yet we have got no authority , for no competent authority has seen the MSS . I should rely more on Bro . Hughan at first hand , than at third hand . We do not want learned Masons , but men learned as experts in MSS .
Tours fraternally , ANOTHER . STUDENT . OATHS OF CHIVALRT . TO THF EDITOE OF THE FEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIE-tOE . Dear Sir and Brother—As Bro . W . Harris is
, putting himself forward as a great reformer of those Knightly degrees , which , as H . H . says , are only Masonic , because Masons belong to them , he may be able to give me satisfaction on one point , the settlement of which may lead to my joining his , or some of the more , aristocratic Orders , which , like H . H , as to
yet I have refrained from doing . I have reason believe that a friend of mine who has some twenty of of these stars and degrees , must have taken some twenty or more oaths , which are scarcely so harmless as Knightly vows . taken on the Swan or the Peacock . If this be sothe sooner it is clone away with in these
, modern inventions and innovations the better . The practise of needless swearing is offensive to the spirit of the age , and has been greatly reduced by the legislature . I trust this may obtain something more than a from Bro . Harris or his fellow labourerand
response , that is au assurance that their amusements will be made more harmless . Yours fraternally , CANDIDATE .
WORKING OF LODGES . TO THE F . DITOli 01 ' THE FUKF . r . LUiOXS' MAG Ay ..: N't . AND MASONIC ? . ii : t . P . O _ l . Dear Sir and Brother , —I cannot allow tho letter of a " P . M . and P . Z . " of Staffordshire , in your last number , to pass without a word of reply . 1 am in the habit of visiting lod in different parts of the
ges kingdom , and though I see somo worked well I am compelled to say tho majority are not equal _ to Staffordshire , in either correctness of work or strictness-of discipline . It is true we aro without a P . G . M ., and I would , ladlsea the offles even half as well filled as has
gy been for some timo tho oSSco of D . P . G . M . by a worthy brother , whom a more lor . riied and hard working Freemason is rarely to bs met with . Yours fraternally , A P . M . AND P . P . G . Ori'ICER OF STAEEORDSIIIEE .
THE MASONIC CHARITIES . TO THE EDITOE OF THE FBEEMASONS ^ MAGAZI-. " - ! AND MASONIC MIP . KOE , Dear Sir and Brother , —Every post now brings me a solicitation for votes . Permit me to suggest to the relatives and friends of candidates , that if they will
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed ly Correspondents , THE CHIVALROUS DEGREES .
TO THE EDITOK OF THE FUEEHASONS' MAGAZINE AND HASONIC MIBEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I have been met with a very silly objection , that the Masonic Order of Knighthood given by myself and others will not be recognised by the heads of any constituted jurisdiction , nor their decorations be allowed to be used in the lodges . This is a very sillobjection indeedand
y , only brought forward to hinder the great progress of chivalrous Masonry , and to draw away the attention of the public from this great branch of the mysterious science . Imprimis , a Knight of any of their degrees can wear them in the chapter where he was made . Secundo , he can wear them in his own house as often
as he likes . The apron of my original Masonic Order of the Garter is so gorgeous , and contains the emblems of so many Orders of Knighthood that it is superior to the Odd Fellows' apron . It is particularly available for Masonic balls . Thank the stars , we cannot be kept out from them , the women do not
know the difference , and will much more admire what is intellectual than some white or blue apron . It is grander , too , to wear a star than some mechanical emblem dangling from a common collar . The Sir Knight who wears the decorations of chivalrous Knighthood is sure of the notice of his common brethren , if not of their envy . Tours fraternally , W . HARRIS .
A LOST PROVINCE . 10 THE EDITOE OE THE FKEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEBOE . Dear Sir and Brother , — -You correspondent , " Inquirer , " asks " what has become of the ancient province of Rutlandshire ? " I cannot find that any such province ever existedandstill morethat tlie
, , , county ever possessed a Masonic lodge . I trust , however , that this state of things will not prevail much longer . Several highly respectable inhabitants of the county have recently been initiated in the Rutland Lodge ( No . 1 , 130 ) , Melton Mowbray , with the intentionas I have been informedof ere long
, , petitioning for a warrant for a new lodge to be established at Oakham ; and for tho county to bo annexed for Masonic purposes , as it already is in some other respects , to the province of Leicester shire . Tours fraternally , A LEICESTERSHIRE P . M .
[ Our correspondent should refer to tho old calendars and reports of Grand Lodge . —En . F . M . ] AUTHORITY . TO THE EDITOE OF THE FEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIO MIEEOE .
Dear Sir and Brother , —Authority ! what is authority , and what are its bounds , and who will hold Squire Jones ? Bro . Manningham ' s letter , which comes most suspiciously , may for aught we know be genuine , but for aught we know , may not . The test of the genuineness is settled by authority . A "Masonic Student" pins his faith on the German
Correspondence.
Masonic publisher , Bro . Findel , and . so does Bro . Hughan . It has not occurred to Bro . Hughan , that even if Bro . Findel is an authority on German MSS ., and of that there is no evidence , any more than there is that . he has seen tho Netherlands MSS ., Bro . Hughan himself is a far better authority on an English M . S . —its writingits spellingand its style .
, , Authority to be operative must be exercised within its own proper bounds , and as yet we have got no authority , for no competent authority has seen the MSS . I should rely more on Bro . Hughan at first hand , than at third hand . We do not want learned Masons , but men learned as experts in MSS .
Tours fraternally , ANOTHER . STUDENT . OATHS OF CHIVALRT . TO THF EDITOE OF THE FEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIE-tOE . Dear Sir and Brother—As Bro . W . Harris is
, putting himself forward as a great reformer of those Knightly degrees , which , as H . H . says , are only Masonic , because Masons belong to them , he may be able to give me satisfaction on one point , the settlement of which may lead to my joining his , or some of the more , aristocratic Orders , which , like H . H , as to
yet I have refrained from doing . I have reason believe that a friend of mine who has some twenty of of these stars and degrees , must have taken some twenty or more oaths , which are scarcely so harmless as Knightly vows . taken on the Swan or the Peacock . If this be sothe sooner it is clone away with in these
, modern inventions and innovations the better . The practise of needless swearing is offensive to the spirit of the age , and has been greatly reduced by the legislature . I trust this may obtain something more than a from Bro . Harris or his fellow labourerand
response , that is au assurance that their amusements will be made more harmless . Yours fraternally , CANDIDATE .
WORKING OF LODGES . TO THE F . DITOli 01 ' THE FUKF . r . LUiOXS' MAG Ay ..: N't . AND MASONIC ? . ii : t . P . O _ l . Dear Sir and Brother , —I cannot allow tho letter of a " P . M . and P . Z . " of Staffordshire , in your last number , to pass without a word of reply . 1 am in the habit of visiting lod in different parts of the
ges kingdom , and though I see somo worked well I am compelled to say tho majority are not equal _ to Staffordshire , in either correctness of work or strictness-of discipline . It is true we aro without a P . G . M ., and I would , ladlsea the offles even half as well filled as has
gy been for some timo tho oSSco of D . P . G . M . by a worthy brother , whom a more lor . riied and hard working Freemason is rarely to bs met with . Yours fraternally , A P . M . AND P . P . G . Ori'ICER OF STAEEORDSIIIEE .
THE MASONIC CHARITIES . TO THE EDITOE OF THE FBEEMASONS ^ MAGAZI-. " - ! AND MASONIC MIP . KOE , Dear Sir and Brother , —Every post now brings me a solicitation for votes . Permit me to suggest to the relatives and friends of candidates , that if they will