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The New Grand Officers.

and , with one exception , is calculated to excite universal dissatisfaction aud resentment . I allude to the appointment of Bfo . John Savage , who has at length received a due acknowledgment of his many services ; but wc must in-this case adopt the old adage of " better late tliau never , " as the tardiness of the reward has robbed it of his grace . Bros . Jennings and Smith are doubtless worthy of the offices they hold , and there would be no

objection to their reappointment , were it not that they have for several years monopolized honours to the exclusion of other brethren , who arc equally deserving of them . The ' Grand Wardens , Lord de Tabley ancl Sir Thomas Hesketh , have evidently been chosen from consideration of their social station ; and as they have accepted honours in the Craft , wc may reasonably hope and expect that they will now show some zeal for its interests . Bro Gavin Pocock will no doubt merit in due course of time what has been prematurely assigned

to him , ancl in the mean time there are many ripe for honours , whose labours are ignored and unrequited . With reference to the appointment of Bro . Frederick Slight , I have as yet met with no one who can explain his claims to it , in any point of view . We would fain be enlightened as to his Masonic merits , assuming that private friendships are not weighed in the balance . If Grand Lodge were empowered to choose a portion of its own Grand Officers , the selection would have been vastly different , and the result

far more satisfactory . I hold this to be the only remedy against a repetition of these social evils , ancl I do not look upon it as an infringement of the Grand Master ' s prerogative , but , on the contrary , I am of opinion that it will release him from an irksome responsibility , ancl free him from much of the censure to which he is at present subjected through the injudicious advice ofhis privy council . I am , clear Sir and Brother , yours fraternall y .

May 6 th , 1 S 59 . Ax INDEPEXDEXT P . M . [ We give insertion to the above , in accordance with our rule to let every brother have an opportunity of being heard ; at the same time , we beg io say that we cannot entirely agree ivith our correspondent . In the course of the next week or two it is our intention to present to the readers of the Magazine n concise statement of the Masonic services and claim . ? of tbe newly appointed Grand Officers , —ED . ]

. POETRY .- —Pootiy lifts the veil from tho bidden beauty of the world , and makea familiar objects as if tbey were not familiar . It reproduces all that it represents ; and the impersonations clothed in its Elysian light stand thenceforward in the minds of those who have once , contemplated tbem , as memorials of that gentle and exalted content which extends itself over all thoughts and actions with which it coexists . The great secret of morala is love , or a going out of our own nature , and

an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exist . ; in thought , action , or person , not our own . A man to be greatly good , must imagine intensely and comprehensively ; be must put himself in the place of another , and of many others : the pains and pleasures of his species must become his oivn . The great instrument if moral good is imagination ; and poetry administers to tbe effect by acting upon i-hc cause , Shelley .

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MASONIC MISSIONS. Article 1
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER. Article 4
MODERN WRITERS UPON FREEMASONRY.—III. Article 8
THE HIGH DEGREES. Article 15
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 16
REVIEWS OF NEW MUSIC. Article 23
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 24
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR. Article 24
MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. Article 26
WHERE ARE YOU GOIING? Article 27
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS. Article 29
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 31
PROVINCIAL. Article 35
ROYAL ARCH. Article 39
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 42
THE WEEK. Article 43
Obituary. Article 48
NOTICES. Article 48
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 48
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The New Grand Officers.

and , with one exception , is calculated to excite universal dissatisfaction aud resentment . I allude to the appointment of Bfo . John Savage , who has at length received a due acknowledgment of his many services ; but wc must in-this case adopt the old adage of " better late tliau never , " as the tardiness of the reward has robbed it of his grace . Bros . Jennings and Smith are doubtless worthy of the offices they hold , and there would be no

objection to their reappointment , were it not that they have for several years monopolized honours to the exclusion of other brethren , who arc equally deserving of them . The ' Grand Wardens , Lord de Tabley ancl Sir Thomas Hesketh , have evidently been chosen from consideration of their social station ; and as they have accepted honours in the Craft , wc may reasonably hope and expect that they will now show some zeal for its interests . Bro Gavin Pocock will no doubt merit in due course of time what has been prematurely assigned

to him , ancl in the mean time there are many ripe for honours , whose labours are ignored and unrequited . With reference to the appointment of Bro . Frederick Slight , I have as yet met with no one who can explain his claims to it , in any point of view . We would fain be enlightened as to his Masonic merits , assuming that private friendships are not weighed in the balance . If Grand Lodge were empowered to choose a portion of its own Grand Officers , the selection would have been vastly different , and the result

far more satisfactory . I hold this to be the only remedy against a repetition of these social evils , ancl I do not look upon it as an infringement of the Grand Master ' s prerogative , but , on the contrary , I am of opinion that it will release him from an irksome responsibility , ancl free him from much of the censure to which he is at present subjected through the injudicious advice ofhis privy council . I am , clear Sir and Brother , yours fraternall y .

May 6 th , 1 S 59 . Ax INDEPEXDEXT P . M . [ We give insertion to the above , in accordance with our rule to let every brother have an opportunity of being heard ; at the same time , we beg io say that we cannot entirely agree ivith our correspondent . In the course of the next week or two it is our intention to present to the readers of the Magazine n concise statement of the Masonic services and claim . ? of tbe newly appointed Grand Officers , —ED . ]

. POETRY .- —Pootiy lifts the veil from tho bidden beauty of the world , and makea familiar objects as if tbey were not familiar . It reproduces all that it represents ; and the impersonations clothed in its Elysian light stand thenceforward in the minds of those who have once , contemplated tbem , as memorials of that gentle and exalted content which extends itself over all thoughts and actions with which it coexists . The great secret of morala is love , or a going out of our own nature , and

an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exist . ; in thought , action , or person , not our own . A man to be greatly good , must imagine intensely and comprehensively ; be must put himself in the place of another , and of many others : the pains and pleasures of his species must become his oivn . The great instrument if moral good is imagination ; and poetry administers to tbe effect by acting upon i-hc cause , Shelley .

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