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Notes And Queries For Freemasons .
NOTES AND QUERIES FOR FREEMASONS .
MASONIC INCOME . 6 | pT has been recently stated in The Scottish Freemasons Magazine that 1 l ° kL James the I ., of Scotland , decreed that the annual income of an alio English nobleman should be paid to eA ery Scottish Master Mason , therefore I should be very glad to know : —¦
I . What is the annual income of an English nobleman ? II . Was it ever paid to a Scottish Master Mason ? III . Is it still paid ? IV . If I became a Scottish Master Mason should I get the annual income of an English nobleman ? ONE ANXIOUS FOR A GOOD INCOME .
[ If any of our correspondents should reply to the aboA r e satisfactorily we shall prefer our suit to the querist as one , equally anxious with himself , to be admitted to a share of such good fortune . —ED . MAS . PRESS . ]
Novel Investiture.
NOVEL INVESTITURE .
There Avas a jubilee of the Revolution of 1688 , held in Kingston-on-HulI , in NoA'ember 1788 , AA'hen a statue Avas inaugurated to the " pious and " immortal memory " of King William the Third . In Tickell ' s Ltistori / of Kingston-wponSidl , 4 to . * . Hull , 1798 , is an account of the festivities on that occasion ( page 6-10 ) , and amongst them occurs tho folloAving paragraph : —¦ " The freemasons , too , of the Rodney and other neighbouring lodges , folloAved
" next in possession , from the Bull and Sun Inn , in Myton-gate , to the Church " of the Holy Trinity , preceded by a band of music and beautiful silk colours , " on which appeared emblems of Masonry , represented with great taste and " elegance ; whence they returned to the statue of their Royal brother and " deliverer ( as they Avere pleased to style him ) , Avhich Avas decorated with a " handsome sash , apron , and other materially useful badges of the brotherhood ; " and after going three times round the same , and giving the like number of " cheers , returned to the Bull and Sun Inn , and concluded the day in friendly " festivity and perfect harmony . " E . C . B .
Grand Office.
GRAND OFFICE .
HOAV can I got to nominate a brother for an appointment as a Grand Officer ? He is one Avho ought to be advanced on account of his real Avorth and merit . X . My maik . [ You cannot do anything of the kind . Real Avorth and merit take no precedence Avith the clique that rule the roast ; the Avorth and merit are the obstacles . If the brother is a supporter , at all hazards , of the powers lhat be , can cringe , fawn , flat-tor , and glose over all defects , then ,
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Notes And Queries For Freemasons .
NOTES AND QUERIES FOR FREEMASONS .
MASONIC INCOME . 6 | pT has been recently stated in The Scottish Freemasons Magazine that 1 l ° kL James the I ., of Scotland , decreed that the annual income of an alio English nobleman should be paid to eA ery Scottish Master Mason , therefore I should be very glad to know : —¦
I . What is the annual income of an English nobleman ? II . Was it ever paid to a Scottish Master Mason ? III . Is it still paid ? IV . If I became a Scottish Master Mason should I get the annual income of an English nobleman ? ONE ANXIOUS FOR A GOOD INCOME .
[ If any of our correspondents should reply to the aboA r e satisfactorily we shall prefer our suit to the querist as one , equally anxious with himself , to be admitted to a share of such good fortune . —ED . MAS . PRESS . ]
Novel Investiture.
NOVEL INVESTITURE .
There Avas a jubilee of the Revolution of 1688 , held in Kingston-on-HulI , in NoA'ember 1788 , AA'hen a statue Avas inaugurated to the " pious and " immortal memory " of King William the Third . In Tickell ' s Ltistori / of Kingston-wponSidl , 4 to . * . Hull , 1798 , is an account of the festivities on that occasion ( page 6-10 ) , and amongst them occurs tho folloAving paragraph : —¦ " The freemasons , too , of the Rodney and other neighbouring lodges , folloAved
" next in possession , from the Bull and Sun Inn , in Myton-gate , to the Church " of the Holy Trinity , preceded by a band of music and beautiful silk colours , " on which appeared emblems of Masonry , represented with great taste and " elegance ; whence they returned to the statue of their Royal brother and " deliverer ( as they Avere pleased to style him ) , Avhich Avas decorated with a " handsome sash , apron , and other materially useful badges of the brotherhood ; " and after going three times round the same , and giving the like number of " cheers , returned to the Bull and Sun Inn , and concluded the day in friendly " festivity and perfect harmony . " E . C . B .
Grand Office.
GRAND OFFICE .
HOAV can I got to nominate a brother for an appointment as a Grand Officer ? He is one Avho ought to be advanced on account of his real Avorth and merit . X . My maik . [ You cannot do anything of the kind . Real Avorth and merit take no precedence Avith the clique that rule the roast ; the Avorth and merit are the obstacles . If the brother is a supporter , at all hazards , of the powers lhat be , can cringe , fawn , flat-tor , and glose over all defects , then ,