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Admission Of Non-Masons To Masonic Banquets.
rageous conduct , and the liberality which induced Mr . Bond Cabbell to purchase the Assembly Booms , as it is reported , with the intention of placing it in the hands of trustees for the use of the Masons of Norfolk , in order to avoid the inconveniences ancl other causes which operate against holding a lodge at an inn . To judge from what is reported to have occurred at this dinner , the Provincial Grand Master ' s view is not only a wise and prudent one , but absolutel
y necessary to some of the body . " _ Because a reporter who was not a Mason was on one occasion smuggled into a Masonic banquet , ergo , his intrusion should be ever after connived at . Such is the logic of the editor of the Mercury . I draw attention to the above , because a statement is boldly made Avhich is hardly creditablethat Bro . Cabbell
, , Avho is so tenacious of the ancient landmarks , intimated that he saiv no objection to the presence of a reporter not belonging to the Order . This is certainly very strange , for as soon as the reporter presented himself to Bro . Cabbell , and Bro . Leedes Pox , the Prov . G . Sec , he was instantly informed by the latter brother ( on AvhosearmBro . Cabbell was resting ) , that there ivas e \ 'ery objection ; that he could be
admitted on any account whatever ; and Bro . Cabbbell , signified his assent , or , at any rate , diet not contradict his officer , Avho spoke not only loudly but very emphatically . The improbability of Bro . Cabbell sending such a communication to the Mercury is increased by the fact that the admission of the Mercury reporter ( " the same party" who was sent on this occasion ) , at the North "Walsham meeting
, Avas excused as an inadvertance ( he came in under the wing of a Mason , who belongs to the Mercury establishment ) , and was unanimously denounced at tho ' time as a most unmasonic innovation . The reporter felt himself placed in a very unpleasant position , and declared that he Avould never ask to be admitted to another Masonic banquet .
Moreover , the editor of the Mercury wrote to the brother who had the management of tho dinner , aud asked whether it was to be exclusivel y Masonic , and whether his reporter could be admitted , and he ivas told that as his reporter Avas not a Mason , he could not , of course , be present . Even if tho editor of the Mercury be so singularly ignorant of the peculiar secrecy of Masonry , this information ought to have
been sufficient for him , without " touting" any further for nu invitation . He did not scruple , hoivever , to send his reporter to tho Assembly-rooms , to solicit to be invited , a thing , I should imagine , hardly consistent with the dignity of the profession , ancl most unfair to the gentlemen who Avas compelled to do it . It is , no doubt , a very " pitiful" thing in the eye of the
editor of the Mercury that his reporter should not have tbe privilege of an open sesame , even into a Masonic lodge , or liny place which may afford pabulum for the readers of his paper . He appears to be disappointed at not having an opportunity of describing the foolish behaviour of oiie or two brothers , Avho certainly conducted themselves in a way Avhich reflected no credit upon them as men or as Masons . The incident is in itself a sufficient reason for the exclusion
of all but brothers , ivho can put a charitable construction on such things , instead of exaggerating them as the editor in the Mercury has done . If the editor of the Mercury AvasaMason , he would know that Masons do not require the interference of a local neAvspaper editor , either to expose the misconduct of a brother , or to correct him , ancl the report which the Mercury
representative " would have made of these not very creditable or brotherly proceedings" ivould scarcely have tended to a result at all satisfactory in a Masonic point of view . Your readers Avill probably be surprised to see that though the lodge was " tyled " during the dinner , tha editor of the Mercury was informed of u-hafc took place . There can be but one opinion of the greatly unmasonic conduct of the person
Avho spoke to a non-Mason ( even though his own employer ) about the very thing Avhich he ought to have kept secret , especially when that person got into the banquet-room surreptitiously , after the dinner , avoiding taking a ticket . Masonic banquets are not proper occasions for newspaper reporting ; and everything that the Mercury could have cared to havo had mi ght have been obtained without any . difliculty from Bro . Leedes Pox or Bro . Marshall . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , A NORWICH ERUEMASON .
The Masonicmirror.
THE MASONICMIRROR .
PEOVINCIAL . BUCKS . STOJTEY STUATFOBD . — Scientific Lodge ( No . 1142 ) . — This prosperous lodge met on Saturday , the 3 rd inst : —There was a numerous attendance of the brethren . The Rev . P . W . Harnett ,
Incumbent of Wolverton , and Mr . John Butcher , were initiated . Bro . F . R . AVebster , M . D ., was passed , and Bros . Dukes and Chalmers raised . In the absence of the AV . M ., Bro . C . Bennett , P . M . of Lodge No . 25 performed the duties of W . M . in a very efficient manner , and was ably assisted in the ceremonies by Bro . AA . AA atson , of the Grand Stewards' Lodge . Amongst the visitors was Bro . H . Maudslay , P . Prov . G . W . of Survey . It was proposed at this meeting that arrangements be made for the formation of a lodge of instruction , in connection with the Scientific Lodge .
DEVON . DABTMOUCH . —Sauley Lodge ( No . 1099 ) . —This lodge is still under dispensation . It is understood that the Prov . G . Lodge will shortly consecrate it . The lodge-room itself is a perfect model ; and has been so much talked of , that a grand array of brethren is expected at the formal opening ; and a church service . The works have been examined by Bro . Thos . Lidston , Prov . G . Dir . of Works
( Devonshire ) with the able assistance of Bro . R . M . Mortimore , who is J . D . ; ancl of Bro . W . H . AVay , artist . Bro . Henry Bridges , D . Prov . G . M . ( Somersetshire ) is the AV . M . ; but his endless avocations prevent many personal visits .
HAMPSHIRE . P-RESE 5-TATIOH TO THE GEAI * D CHAPLAIN- AND W . M . 401 . On Saturday , the 27 th ult ., the Rev . Dr . Bradshaw was presented , at the Royal Victoria Assembly Rooms , Southampton , with the robes appertaining to the degree of L . L . D ., which he has recently taken at Trinity College , Dublin . There was a numerous attendance of the gentlemen who had subscribed to the presentation . Captain Engledue , who presided , read tho following address , which had heen beautifully engrossed on parchment in illuminated writing , by Mr . Clarke , of the Strand -. —¦
TO THE REV . G-EOltOE BKADSEAW I . E . D ., & C . " We , the undersigned magistrates , merchants , and other in ? habitants of Southampton , who have had the pleasure of your acquaintance for many years , and who have observed with much gratification your valuable and ready assistance iu many useful and public objects , and that your learning , your eloquence , and your kindness of heart have always been promptly directed to further
many good works , now learn with the utmost satisfaction that you have recently had conferred on you the high distinction of Doctor of Laws ; and we cheerfully embrace the opportunity of testifying our gratification on this occasion , and our personal regard ancl esteem for yourself , hy presenting you with the robes of your collegiate degree , and with that presentation to offer to you our most cordial and earnest wishes for your welfare and prosperity , that in your sacred character of a clergyman you may continue
to be distinguished in the pulpit , useful and successful in the duties of your pastoral charge , eminent as a scholar , and for many years be blessed with the enjoyment of every happiness and prosperity which may add to the joy of the domestic circle you enrich , and the ardent friendship yon inspire . " Signed and presented , at a banquet given on the occasion , for , and ou behalf of the subscribers by "J . It . Engledue , J . P ., Chairman . "J . R . Stebbing , J . P ., Vice-Chairman . "Southampton , July 27 , 1861 . "
Captain EKniEDTTE then handed to Dr . Bradshaw the handsome scarlet robe ancl hood of a Doctor of Laws , and said : Allow me , in the name of the gentlemen present , and many other friends , to present you with this gown . I take this opportunity , which is a very gratifying one , to express on the part of myself and tbe gentlemtn present —a repetition , in fact , of what is contained in the addressthat you are valued ancl esteemed by a large circle of your fellowtownsmen ; arid I also take this opportunity of saying that we have a
most thorough contempt for the tryanny exercised and the bad taste shown by many who opposed the increase of your salary , as chaplain to the Southampton Poor-Law Incorporation , to which you were justly entitled . ( Hear , hear . ) It did not meet with tha
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Admission Of Non-Masons To Masonic Banquets.
rageous conduct , and the liberality which induced Mr . Bond Cabbell to purchase the Assembly Booms , as it is reported , with the intention of placing it in the hands of trustees for the use of the Masons of Norfolk , in order to avoid the inconveniences ancl other causes which operate against holding a lodge at an inn . To judge from what is reported to have occurred at this dinner , the Provincial Grand Master ' s view is not only a wise and prudent one , but absolutel
y necessary to some of the body . " _ Because a reporter who was not a Mason was on one occasion smuggled into a Masonic banquet , ergo , his intrusion should be ever after connived at . Such is the logic of the editor of the Mercury . I draw attention to the above , because a statement is boldly made Avhich is hardly creditablethat Bro . Cabbell
, , Avho is so tenacious of the ancient landmarks , intimated that he saiv no objection to the presence of a reporter not belonging to the Order . This is certainly very strange , for as soon as the reporter presented himself to Bro . Cabbell , and Bro . Leedes Pox , the Prov . G . Sec , he was instantly informed by the latter brother ( on AvhosearmBro . Cabbell was resting ) , that there ivas e \ 'ery objection ; that he could be
admitted on any account whatever ; and Bro . Cabbbell , signified his assent , or , at any rate , diet not contradict his officer , Avho spoke not only loudly but very emphatically . The improbability of Bro . Cabbell sending such a communication to the Mercury is increased by the fact that the admission of the Mercury reporter ( " the same party" who was sent on this occasion ) , at the North "Walsham meeting
, Avas excused as an inadvertance ( he came in under the wing of a Mason , who belongs to the Mercury establishment ) , and was unanimously denounced at tho ' time as a most unmasonic innovation . The reporter felt himself placed in a very unpleasant position , and declared that he Avould never ask to be admitted to another Masonic banquet .
Moreover , the editor of the Mercury wrote to the brother who had the management of tho dinner , aud asked whether it was to be exclusivel y Masonic , and whether his reporter could be admitted , and he ivas told that as his reporter Avas not a Mason , he could not , of course , be present . Even if tho editor of the Mercury be so singularly ignorant of the peculiar secrecy of Masonry , this information ought to have
been sufficient for him , without " touting" any further for nu invitation . He did not scruple , hoivever , to send his reporter to tho Assembly-rooms , to solicit to be invited , a thing , I should imagine , hardly consistent with the dignity of the profession , ancl most unfair to the gentlemen who Avas compelled to do it . It is , no doubt , a very " pitiful" thing in the eye of the
editor of the Mercury that his reporter should not have tbe privilege of an open sesame , even into a Masonic lodge , or liny place which may afford pabulum for the readers of his paper . He appears to be disappointed at not having an opportunity of describing the foolish behaviour of oiie or two brothers , Avho certainly conducted themselves in a way Avhich reflected no credit upon them as men or as Masons . The incident is in itself a sufficient reason for the exclusion
of all but brothers , ivho can put a charitable construction on such things , instead of exaggerating them as the editor in the Mercury has done . If the editor of the Mercury AvasaMason , he would know that Masons do not require the interference of a local neAvspaper editor , either to expose the misconduct of a brother , or to correct him , ancl the report which the Mercury
representative " would have made of these not very creditable or brotherly proceedings" ivould scarcely have tended to a result at all satisfactory in a Masonic point of view . Your readers Avill probably be surprised to see that though the lodge was " tyled " during the dinner , tha editor of the Mercury was informed of u-hafc took place . There can be but one opinion of the greatly unmasonic conduct of the person
Avho spoke to a non-Mason ( even though his own employer ) about the very thing Avhich he ought to have kept secret , especially when that person got into the banquet-room surreptitiously , after the dinner , avoiding taking a ticket . Masonic banquets are not proper occasions for newspaper reporting ; and everything that the Mercury could have cared to havo had mi ght have been obtained without any . difliculty from Bro . Leedes Pox or Bro . Marshall . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , A NORWICH ERUEMASON .
The Masonicmirror.
THE MASONICMIRROR .
PEOVINCIAL . BUCKS . STOJTEY STUATFOBD . — Scientific Lodge ( No . 1142 ) . — This prosperous lodge met on Saturday , the 3 rd inst : —There was a numerous attendance of the brethren . The Rev . P . W . Harnett ,
Incumbent of Wolverton , and Mr . John Butcher , were initiated . Bro . F . R . AVebster , M . D ., was passed , and Bros . Dukes and Chalmers raised . In the absence of the AV . M ., Bro . C . Bennett , P . M . of Lodge No . 25 performed the duties of W . M . in a very efficient manner , and was ably assisted in the ceremonies by Bro . AA . AA atson , of the Grand Stewards' Lodge . Amongst the visitors was Bro . H . Maudslay , P . Prov . G . W . of Survey . It was proposed at this meeting that arrangements be made for the formation of a lodge of instruction , in connection with the Scientific Lodge .
DEVON . DABTMOUCH . —Sauley Lodge ( No . 1099 ) . —This lodge is still under dispensation . It is understood that the Prov . G . Lodge will shortly consecrate it . The lodge-room itself is a perfect model ; and has been so much talked of , that a grand array of brethren is expected at the formal opening ; and a church service . The works have been examined by Bro . Thos . Lidston , Prov . G . Dir . of Works
( Devonshire ) with the able assistance of Bro . R . M . Mortimore , who is J . D . ; ancl of Bro . W . H . AVay , artist . Bro . Henry Bridges , D . Prov . G . M . ( Somersetshire ) is the AV . M . ; but his endless avocations prevent many personal visits .
HAMPSHIRE . P-RESE 5-TATIOH TO THE GEAI * D CHAPLAIN- AND W . M . 401 . On Saturday , the 27 th ult ., the Rev . Dr . Bradshaw was presented , at the Royal Victoria Assembly Rooms , Southampton , with the robes appertaining to the degree of L . L . D ., which he has recently taken at Trinity College , Dublin . There was a numerous attendance of the gentlemen who had subscribed to the presentation . Captain Engledue , who presided , read tho following address , which had heen beautifully engrossed on parchment in illuminated writing , by Mr . Clarke , of the Strand -. —¦
TO THE REV . G-EOltOE BKADSEAW I . E . D ., & C . " We , the undersigned magistrates , merchants , and other in ? habitants of Southampton , who have had the pleasure of your acquaintance for many years , and who have observed with much gratification your valuable and ready assistance iu many useful and public objects , and that your learning , your eloquence , and your kindness of heart have always been promptly directed to further
many good works , now learn with the utmost satisfaction that you have recently had conferred on you the high distinction of Doctor of Laws ; and we cheerfully embrace the opportunity of testifying our gratification on this occasion , and our personal regard ancl esteem for yourself , hy presenting you with the robes of your collegiate degree , and with that presentation to offer to you our most cordial and earnest wishes for your welfare and prosperity , that in your sacred character of a clergyman you may continue
to be distinguished in the pulpit , useful and successful in the duties of your pastoral charge , eminent as a scholar , and for many years be blessed with the enjoyment of every happiness and prosperity which may add to the joy of the domestic circle you enrich , and the ardent friendship yon inspire . " Signed and presented , at a banquet given on the occasion , for , and ou behalf of the subscribers by "J . It . Engledue , J . P ., Chairman . "J . R . Stebbing , J . P ., Vice-Chairman . "Southampton , July 27 , 1861 . "
Captain EKniEDTTE then handed to Dr . Bradshaw the handsome scarlet robe ancl hood of a Doctor of Laws , and said : Allow me , in the name of the gentlemen present , and many other friends , to present you with this gown . I take this opportunity , which is a very gratifying one , to express on the part of myself and tbe gentlemtn present —a repetition , in fact , of what is contained in the addressthat you are valued ancl esteemed by a large circle of your fellowtownsmen ; arid I also take this opportunity of saying that we have a
most thorough contempt for the tryanny exercised and the bad taste shown by many who opposed the increase of your salary , as chaplain to the Southampton Poor-Law Incorporation , to which you were justly entitled . ( Hear , hear . ) It did not meet with tha