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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
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MASONIC PRACTICE IN IRELAND , TO THE EDITOR OE TUB EKEBMASONS' MAGAZINE AUD MASONIC MIRROR . BEAU Sin AXD BROTHER , —In a late number of your publication , at page 204 , j'ou state , in reply to the query of "II . 1 . 1 . " that " tbe ambitious
initiate , if he chanced to hear how easily tlie degrees are conferred in the sister countries , would often make a journey with no otbor view than that of obtaining them . " If the foregoing be correct as regards Ireland , I can only say we do not act up to the rules of the governing body , which prescribe that candidates' names shall remain on Lodge books for one month before ballot ; and that a month at least must intervene between the conferring of eacli degree . Nowas I can speak particularly with reference to
, our Lodge here , I beg to say that these directions are strictly adhered to ; ancl , as au instance of a practice whicli is uniform in No . 935 , allow me to mention that , upon a late occasion , when a titled brother who had been initiated upwards of a year previously in a London Lodge wished to obtain the F . C . and M . M . degrees in Wexford , be was informed by the Loclge that they could not be given until bis mother Loclge would signify its concurrence in such a course . You will therefore perceive that the facility to
which you allude , if existing , is not general ; nor is it to be supposed such would be sanctioned by tlie Grand Lodge of Ireland . Believe me , fraternally yours , J S Wexford , lOlli Feb ., 1859 . Sec , to Lodge No . 935 , TVexford .
THE GLOBE LODGE . TO THE ' EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DE . VU SIR ASD BROTHER , —I still maintain that I gave all tbe necessary proofs of my being a Mason in tbe various degrees correctland having
y , done so , ought to have been admitted when I presented myself at the Globe Loclge . Even if I bad produced my certificate I am convinced I should not have been in any better position to be admitted . The first objection I met with was , after having signed my name in a book , that the
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
- ?¦ ' - — [ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ]
MASONIC PRACTICE IN IRELAND , TO THE EDITOR OE TUB EKEBMASONS' MAGAZINE AUD MASONIC MIRROR . BEAU Sin AXD BROTHER , —In a late number of your publication , at page 204 , j'ou state , in reply to the query of "II . 1 . 1 . " that " tbe ambitious
initiate , if he chanced to hear how easily tlie degrees are conferred in the sister countries , would often make a journey with no otbor view than that of obtaining them . " If the foregoing be correct as regards Ireland , I can only say we do not act up to the rules of the governing body , which prescribe that candidates' names shall remain on Lodge books for one month before ballot ; and that a month at least must intervene between the conferring of eacli degree . Nowas I can speak particularly with reference to
, our Lodge here , I beg to say that these directions are strictly adhered to ; ancl , as au instance of a practice whicli is uniform in No . 935 , allow me to mention that , upon a late occasion , when a titled brother who had been initiated upwards of a year previously in a London Lodge wished to obtain the F . C . and M . M . degrees in Wexford , be was informed by the Loclge that they could not be given until bis mother Loclge would signify its concurrence in such a course . You will therefore perceive that the facility to
which you allude , if existing , is not general ; nor is it to be supposed such would be sanctioned by tlie Grand Lodge of Ireland . Believe me , fraternally yours , J S Wexford , lOlli Feb ., 1859 . Sec , to Lodge No . 935 , TVexford .
THE GLOBE LODGE . TO THE ' EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DE . VU SIR ASD BROTHER , —I still maintain that I gave all tbe necessary proofs of my being a Mason in tbe various degrees correctland having
y , done so , ought to have been admitted when I presented myself at the Globe Loclge . Even if I bad produced my certificate I am convinced I should not have been in any better position to be admitted . The first objection I met with was , after having signed my name in a book , that the