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Correspondence.
Is not Bro . Portal yet satisfied that he has lost the support of that section of the Craft whom lie once misled ? If not , let him return again in June , and he will find then as thenceforward , that neither he nor his party will be again allowed to damage the best interests of our Order , and stir up , for reasons best known to themselves , that strife ancl want of harmony which are now nearly trampled out , and wliich the members of Grancl Lodge arc not likely to allow them to revive . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , 7 th March , 1859 . JUSTITIA .
THE FREEMASONS' HALL AT LEICESTER . TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sm AND BROTHER—The complimentary references to the scheme for
, the Masonic Hall now being erected in this town , wliich have from time to time appeared in your valuable and widely circulated publication , and especially in your editorial remarks on the subject in the numbers for February 9 th and AVednesday last , must have been very gratifying to the promoters of the building . Since the report of the committee was printed and circulated amongst the brethren of the province , in December lastupon which-document your * remarks arc evidently [ founded—an
important modification of the original scheme has been rendered necessary , which lias led to a portion of the statements put forth by you , at pp . 2-1 : 1 , 244- , being unintentionally calculated to mislead your readers . Your observation That "the organization of such arrangements being rather new , we call attention to the subject , as in time a system , may he laid down for the convenient working of such institutions , and thereby the establishment of Masonic Halls be facilitated" renders it very desirable
, that you , sir , and the fraternity generally , should not be under any misconception ofthe actual circumstances under ivhieh the plan is being carried out ; and I had hoped that some other brother ivould ere this have put you in possession of the facts .
It was originally proposed , as correctly stated by yon , that tho requisite funds should be raised among the brethren hy one pound shares , the property being conveyed to six trustees , consisting of the Provincial Grand Master , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and two brethren from each of the local Lodges , in trust for themselves and the brethren . It was , however , the opinion ofthe late Provincial Grand Registrar ( now Provincial Grand Senior AVarden ) that if the money should be raised by way of
shares the trustees would be rendered personally liable and accountable to any individual subscriber , a responsibility which they could not be expected to incur . This opinion being fully confirmed hy counsel ( an eminent member ofthe Order ) , it was arranged that the property should be conveyed to the trustees absolutely , without any trust , and that the contributions of the brethren should appear as free gifts , there being no mode of carrying out legally the views suggested in the scheme . It willhowever
, , be competent for the members of the local Lodges , on the building being completed and transferred to them , to frame such rules and regulations , as amongst themselves , for its management and the appropriation of the funds , as they may think desirable . It has been suggested that any surplus remaining after the payment of interest on the debt and the expenses of the 2 c-
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Correspondence.
Is not Bro . Portal yet satisfied that he has lost the support of that section of the Craft whom lie once misled ? If not , let him return again in June , and he will find then as thenceforward , that neither he nor his party will be again allowed to damage the best interests of our Order , and stir up , for reasons best known to themselves , that strife ancl want of harmony which are now nearly trampled out , and wliich the members of Grancl Lodge arc not likely to allow them to revive . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , 7 th March , 1859 . JUSTITIA .
THE FREEMASONS' HALL AT LEICESTER . TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sm AND BROTHER—The complimentary references to the scheme for
, the Masonic Hall now being erected in this town , wliich have from time to time appeared in your valuable and widely circulated publication , and especially in your editorial remarks on the subject in the numbers for February 9 th and AVednesday last , must have been very gratifying to the promoters of the building . Since the report of the committee was printed and circulated amongst the brethren of the province , in December lastupon which-document your * remarks arc evidently [ founded—an
important modification of the original scheme has been rendered necessary , which lias led to a portion of the statements put forth by you , at pp . 2-1 : 1 , 244- , being unintentionally calculated to mislead your readers . Your observation That "the organization of such arrangements being rather new , we call attention to the subject , as in time a system , may he laid down for the convenient working of such institutions , and thereby the establishment of Masonic Halls be facilitated" renders it very desirable
, that you , sir , and the fraternity generally , should not be under any misconception ofthe actual circumstances under ivhieh the plan is being carried out ; and I had hoped that some other brother ivould ere this have put you in possession of the facts .
It was originally proposed , as correctly stated by yon , that tho requisite funds should be raised among the brethren hy one pound shares , the property being conveyed to six trustees , consisting of the Provincial Grand Master , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and two brethren from each of the local Lodges , in trust for themselves and the brethren . It was , however , the opinion ofthe late Provincial Grand Registrar ( now Provincial Grand Senior AVarden ) that if the money should be raised by way of
shares the trustees would be rendered personally liable and accountable to any individual subscriber , a responsibility which they could not be expected to incur . This opinion being fully confirmed hy counsel ( an eminent member ofthe Order ) , it was arranged that the property should be conveyed to the trustees absolutely , without any trust , and that the contributions of the brethren should appear as free gifts , there being no mode of carrying out legally the views suggested in the scheme . It willhowever
, , be competent for the members of the local Lodges , on the building being completed and transferred to them , to frame such rules and regulations , as amongst themselves , for its management and the appropriation of the funds , as they may think desirable . It has been suggested that any surplus remaining after the payment of interest on the debt and the expenses of the 2 c-