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so illustrious and so useful to the Church should preponderate over the private good of any one person ; and if they should still persevere in being favourable to the expelled member it will be expedient to state to them the reasons of the expulsion , even to exaggerate facts that are not fully averred but may be inferred with some probability from others .

6 . Strict caution is to be observed that those who have , of their own accord , left the Society , should not be promoted to any kind of office or dignity in the Church , unless they have submitted and devoted themselves ^ ud their own to the Society , so that it might be patent that they mean to depend on the lattei * . 7 . Steps should be taken in time to prevent such

persons , as much-as possible , from acting in any spiritual capacity , such as preaching , confessing , explaining the Scriptures , & c , so that they should not gain the affection and goodAvill of the people . The very strictest inquiry is therefore to be made into the private life and the habits of the expelled , also the company they keep , their occupations , & c , and their intentions . For this purpose , associates of ours should manage to carry on some private correspondence with some one of the family in

Avhose house an expelled member resides . If they ascertain something not altogether laudable ( guidpiam minus laudabile ) , or even Avorthy of censure , such statements are to be spread amongst the people by persons of a lower order who are not connected with us , and thence nobleman or prelates who favour dismissed members are to be made to apprehend an aspersion of their character from

such facts . If they do not commit anything reprehensible , but couduct themselves well , a slur is to be cast on their character , in the manner of exalting their virtues and praising their actions , by means of insinuations and muendoes ( e . vtenuenturargiitispropositionibiisambigiiisgiie verbis ) , until the respect they formerly enjoyed and the trust to Avhich they were held dwindle doAvn ; for ib is

most important , in the interest of the Society , that dismissed members or such as have deserted the Society of their OAVU accord should be crushed ( prorsus supprimi ) . 8 . 'Whatever misfortunes or accidents befall these persons are to be made public as promptly as possible , still pious persons should be requested to pray for them , so as to be prevented from believing that we are acting

on the impulse of passion ; in the college , however , such misfortunes are to be exaggerated to the utmost , to keep the others in proper bounds . ( To be continued . )

The Late Bro. Stephen Barton Wilson.

THE LATE BRO . STEPHEN BARTON WILSON .

The death of this esteemed Brother is one of the heaviest losses which the Craft has recentl y sustained . We published in our last Aveek ' s issue a letter from a Brother deservedly Avell knoAvn for his

untiring zeal in all matters appertaining to ihe Graft , in which he expresses a hope that " the brethren of the mystic tie will raise some monument to mark their feeling to our faithful teacher ; " and " that every Lodge of Instruction in which he Avas

mentor will observe the sad occasion and liberall y ¦ subscribe to erect a lasting tribute to so good a Mason . " We quote the Avords of our respected correspondent , as , though feAV in number , they go directly

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to the point . We heartily endorse the sentiments expressed b y Bro . May . We Avould indeed wish to see the numerous lodges of instruction Avho have benefitted by the never-tiring exertions of the departed preceptor come forAvard nobly and

shoAV a tangible evidence of their appreciation of the services rendered to the Craft in general , and to the lodges of instruction in particular , by the lamented Bro . Wilson . We would be understood p lainly that Ave consider the mere passing of a

lodge minute , expressive of regret at the death of so useful and esteemed a brother , is not a sufficient " tribute " to the memory of so deserving a Mason . We trust to see our New Hall and each of our Charitable Institutions adorned by a suitable memento of our late brother , presented by the

spontaneous free-will offerings of the Craft . And , be it remembered , that each of our Charities have been vastly benefitted by Bro . Wilson ' s instruction labours , inasmuch as whilst b y his efforts a great stimulus Avas given to , and the increase of lodges

of instruction promoted . Every successive number of the EEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE SIIOAVS the increasin g importance of our lodges of instruction as aids to the Charities . There are , of course , many ways in which the

Craft may show practically their ajDpreciation of the deceased brother ' s labours , and our columns Avill be open to give publicit y to and ventilate the suggestions Avhich may be made , ahvays remembering that the present case is one which merits " deeds , not words . "

The Pantomime : Harlequin Freemason.

THE PANTOMIME : HARLEQUIN FREEMASON .

( From the "Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser , " Dec . SO , 17 S 0 . Theatrical Intelligence ) Last night a new Patomime , entitled HARLEQUIN FREEMASON , was produced at Covent Garden Theatre , in which the arch tricks and Avanton gambols of this celebrated hero of the wooden sword were displayed

in an uncommon variety of scenery . The principal object is to introduce a profession of the most celebrated Grand Masters of the antient and venerable mystery of Preemasonry . This appears to have been prepared with a profusion of expence , and the whole is extremely splendid . Enoch , Nimrod , Mizraim ,

Solomon ( who appears on a magnificent throne , where he receives the Queen of Sheba ) , Augustus CaAsar , Vespasian , "William the Conqueror , Edward the Black Prince , with various other characters who have been introduced into the annals of Masonry as Patrons or Bros , of the Order , and whose actions in the point of view alluded to are drawn in very warm colours in Anderson ' s Book of Constitutions of Ma-