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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price 2 d . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage :
United America , India , India , China , & c . Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelvemonths ios . 6 d . 12 s . 6 d . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ » 5 - 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . - 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post
Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page £ 12 12 0 Half „ „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o Inside pages 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto „ 2 10 0 Whole column 2 10 o
Half „ ... ... 1 10 o Quarter „ .. ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch 050 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
Lodge of Fortitude Masonic Music in our next . W . M ., Bedford . — "The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar and Pocket Book" contains all the information you require . The number for 1880 will shortly be issued .
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Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ] BIRTHS . GOLDNEY . —On the 29 th ult ., at the Grammar School , Lichfield , the wife of the Rev . S . Goldney , of a son . STOCKWELL . —On the 25 th ult , at 4 , Victoria-park , Dover , the wife of Major Clifton Stockwell , of a son .
MARRIAGES . HICKMAN—CRESSET . —On the 27 th ult ., at the Abbey Church , Romsey , by the Rev . E . L . Berthon , vicar , assisted by the Rev . — Barthon , William John , eldest son of William Hickman , Esq ., J . P ., Deputy P . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight , of Aldermoor House , near
Southampton , to Isabel , ( laughter of the late Francis Cressey , E > q ., of Deansfield , Romsey . SMILES—MCINTYHE . —On the 271 I 1 ult ., at the parish church of St . Marylebune , by the Rev . C . J . I'hipps Eyre , M . A ., rector , Clement Locke Smiles , of 15 . Bedford-row , solicitor , youngett son of the late Dri
WiLiam Smiles , to Mary Ellen ( May ) , younges , daughter of Bro . jEneas John Mclntyrc , Q . C ., Grand Registrar , of 1 , Park-square , Regent ' s Park . TEALE—AnciiHn . —On the 25 th ult ., at Eastwick , Herts , Walter , son of the late Bro . W . H . Teale , of Rye House , Herts , to Frances , daughter of the late J . Archer , of Eastwick , Herts ,
DEATHS . NEWMAKCH . —On May 31 st , at Naseby , Maniototo , New Zealand , of inflammation of the lungs , Bro . George Frederick Newmarch , formerly of Hull , Yorkshire , aged 35 ; STEIB . —On the 28 th ult ., Emma , the beloved wife of
William Steib , of Nevill-road , Stoke Newington , N ., aged 57 . Deeply lamented by a large circle of friends . TOLLER . —On the 13 th ult ., at South Pethcrton , Somerset , H . W . Toller , son of R . Toller , of Leicester , aged 29 . WINKUP . —On the 26 th ult ., at Liverpool , Bio . Aaron Winkup , P . M . of the De Grey and Ripon lodge , No . 1356-
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THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , OCTOBER 4 , 1879 .
The Grand Lodge Of Scotland And The Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND AND THE GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC .
We are not quite so sure as our good Bro . Ramsey , of Orilla , seems to be , of the "heinous crime" which the Grand Lodge of Scotland has committed in setting up a D . G . Lodge in Montreal . In a very animated appeal , which appears in our contemporary , the New York Dispatch , and
which we publish elsewhere , Bro . Ramsey 'heaps up the agony" considerably against the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and as he seems to rest upon the action of the American Grand Lodges , we think it well to say a few more words on a subject which we had hoped by this time might have
been dismissed as a " res adjudicata . " The Grand Lodge of Quebec , an offshoot from the Grand Lodge of Canada , claims to forbid all Scottish and English lodges to hold warrants from their mother Grand Lodges . But on what grounds ? Independently of an understanding , or concordat , with the Grand Lodge of Canada ,
which is still binding , honourably and Masonically , both in the letter and spirit , we apprehend that the common law of Masonry fully warrants the claims and the course of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and of the Granc Lodge of England . If the position of the G rand Lodge of Quebec be anahzed . it amounts to this : " We claim by Masonic law to sever the connexion between
every lodge and its mother Grand Lodge , because that lodge is in our jurisdiction , utterly irrespective of any previous honourable understanding or compact on the subject . " This is a bold and a decisive claim , which has to be considered , and considered alone , in the light of
Masonic law and Masonic precedent . Bro . Ramsey , like others who have written on this untoward discussion , uses hard words , and angry words , and loud words ; but let us , like good Masons , go back in a peaceful spirit to what is , as far as we know or understand , Masonic law
on the point . For a very momentous point is involved in this discussion — the very independence of all true lodge life . Now , we apprehend that this is undoubtedly the Masonic law on the subject : A lodge to be in life must have a warrant or charter , and that warrant or charter
must emanate f rom a legal body .- The legality of the Scottish lodges in Montreal is undoubted , they were properly warranted by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The Grind Lodge of Quebec is set up , but certain Scottish and English lodges retaining their old connexion
with the mother country , as they preferred to do at the time the Grand Lodge of Canada was formed , with the full consent and approval of that body—the Grand Lodge of Quebec claims for them , on alleged jurisdictional sovereignty , a transfer of their allegiance , and calls upon them
to surrender their old charters and take out new charters from the Grand Lodge of Quebec . Can such a claim be upheld ? Certainly not ! Can such a pretension be supported ? Again we say , certainly not ! If there is one clear fact in Masonic law , local or general , it is this , the
absolute ri ght of the lodge to adhi re to its warranting authority . The powers and practice of the Grand Lodges of America are appealed to in support of such novel and unheard-of assumptions , but we fancy that they will be appealed to , after all , in vain . In the first place , the Grand
Lodge of Quebec is not exactly in the position of a State Grand Lodge . The Grand Lodge of Quebec is , at the best , at the outside , a provincial bod y in a province which has no sovereign rights . It has more the "status" of a District Grand Lodge than that of a national
Grand Lodge . Despite some recent speakers we believe we are correct in saying , that the American States are Sovereign States , all of equal power and status , and that their Grand Lodges are bona iide national Grand Lodges , in their own limits and territories . But is the precedent of Masonic proceedings in the United
The Grand Lodge Of Scotland And The Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
States favourable to our Canadian friends and Bro . Ramsey ' s coutention on any ground ? We think not . Is it not true , as a fact , that though when newGrand Lodges are formed in America , and though union and uniformity may suggest a
general recognition of the lawful authority of a lawful Grand Lodge , countless cases may be adduced where other Gr 3 nd Lodges , the warranting Grand Lodges of individual lodges in the new jurisdiction , have manfully upheld the right
of the individual lodge , despite the formation of a new Grand Lodge , to adhere to its ori ginal constituting anthority ? It is one thing , as our readers will see at once , to advise in a friendl y and fraternal spirit ; all lodges in a new
jurisdiction , for the sake of peace and uniformity , to join that new body , and quite another thing to claim it as a right , and to attempt by threats of Masonic excommunication and violent resolutions " in terrorem " to compel recalcitrant lodges to
leave the old Grand Lodge and take up with the new . The position assumed by the Grand Lodge of Quebec , and the line of argumeijjiof Bro . Ramsey may be very politic fcid convenient for the interests of an united Freemasonry in that special district , but they are not warranted by any good Masonic precedent ,
nor are they supported by any known Masonic law . We rather doubt if our ^ American brethren will be led astray by the specious but unsound views put forward on this important point . They , like ourselves , wish to adhere to precedent
and to law , and above all they are anxious to discourage novelties in practice and legislation , which if carried to their logical and legitimate extent must " stamp put" the ri ghts of private lodges , and ignore what until this recent discussion has
never been questioned , as far as we are aware , as the local and universal Masonic law on the subject . We cannot , therefore , concur on any grounds in the censure passed by Bro . Ramsey on the Grand Lodge of Scotland .
Masonry Returning Homewards.
MASONRY RETURNING HOMEWARDS .
Little by little our good brethren are wending their way homewards , and back to the "little village , " and are finding themselves in the " bosom of their families" again , let us trust with a smiling wife and contented " olive branches . " From all quarters of the world ,
their modest holiday over , Freemnsons are " ingathering " slowly from their travels within the area of this great Metropolis , and we may note symptoms , slight indeed , at present , in the weekly announcements of the Freemason of the resumption of lodge life , lodge labour , andlodge sociality .
But it is not so much , at present , to Masonic journeyings or the revival of Masonic work , to both of which we shall allude later , that we wish to call attention to-day by the " little text" on which we have pinned our "lesser sermon , " as it is that we feel bound to sympathize with many
worthy married brethren of ours , who , the victims of circumstances , or "connubiality , " teste Mr . Samuel Weller , have been compelled to vegetate in some out of the way bathing place , because Jemima Matilda was recovering from the " chicken pox , " or Thomas Anthony had
been half starved at school . And so Bro . Merriman is taken away from his customary life and his creature comforts , to walk up and down disconsolately on the beach , watch the one donkey carriage and smoke his cigar , while listening to the " yarns ' of the coastguardsman .
Unfortunate "Freemason , '' he whose jokes set a whole sympathetic audience in a roar ; he who is the life and soul of that famous "musical union ; " he who was never known to miss the gathering of the " Agreeable Goslings " any more than the assembly of his own good lodge , " Conviviality ,
2591 . Surely , kind readers , he is an object of pity under such melancholy circumstances , and in such a lonely condition , such isolated walks , and such limited society . In vain does our old friend Sister Mullberry tell us , with a shake of
her good old decided head , that a " married man ' s first duty is to be with his wife , " -and that a 'father ' s chief concern ought to be the care and control of his children . " We admit all this at once . These are old world saws we have heard over and over again , whose venerable warning we
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price 2 d . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage :
United America , India , India , China , & c . Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindisi . Twelvemonths ios . 6 d . 12 s . 6 d . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ » 5 - 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . - 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post
Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page £ 12 12 0 Half „ „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o Inside pages 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto „ 2 10 0 Whole column 2 10 o
Half „ ... ... 1 10 o Quarter „ .. ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch 050 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
Lodge of Fortitude Masonic Music in our next . W . M ., Bedford . — "The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar and Pocket Book" contains all the information you require . The number for 1880 will shortly be issued .
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Brief , " " Hull Packet , " "Australian Freemason , " " Alliance News , " " Royal Cornwall Gazette , " " Citizen , " " Broad Arrow , " " Der Triangel , " "Die New Yorker Bundes Presse , " "The Western Morning News , " "The
Examiner , " "Masonic Eclectic , " " Girner Stone , " "The Hebrew Leader , " " Masonic Review , " " The Liberal Freemason , " " The Masonic Newspaper , " " The Cause of Colour among Races , " " The Rough Ashlar , " " Report and Proceedings of District Grand Lodge of Bengal , " " The Masonic Herald . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ] BIRTHS . GOLDNEY . —On the 29 th ult ., at the Grammar School , Lichfield , the wife of the Rev . S . Goldney , of a son . STOCKWELL . —On the 25 th ult , at 4 , Victoria-park , Dover , the wife of Major Clifton Stockwell , of a son .
MARRIAGES . HICKMAN—CRESSET . —On the 27 th ult ., at the Abbey Church , Romsey , by the Rev . E . L . Berthon , vicar , assisted by the Rev . — Barthon , William John , eldest son of William Hickman , Esq ., J . P ., Deputy P . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight , of Aldermoor House , near
Southampton , to Isabel , ( laughter of the late Francis Cressey , E > q ., of Deansfield , Romsey . SMILES—MCINTYHE . —On the 271 I 1 ult ., at the parish church of St . Marylebune , by the Rev . C . J . I'hipps Eyre , M . A ., rector , Clement Locke Smiles , of 15 . Bedford-row , solicitor , youngett son of the late Dri
WiLiam Smiles , to Mary Ellen ( May ) , younges , daughter of Bro . jEneas John Mclntyrc , Q . C ., Grand Registrar , of 1 , Park-square , Regent ' s Park . TEALE—AnciiHn . —On the 25 th ult ., at Eastwick , Herts , Walter , son of the late Bro . W . H . Teale , of Rye House , Herts , to Frances , daughter of the late J . Archer , of Eastwick , Herts ,
DEATHS . NEWMAKCH . —On May 31 st , at Naseby , Maniototo , New Zealand , of inflammation of the lungs , Bro . George Frederick Newmarch , formerly of Hull , Yorkshire , aged 35 ; STEIB . —On the 28 th ult ., Emma , the beloved wife of
William Steib , of Nevill-road , Stoke Newington , N ., aged 57 . Deeply lamented by a large circle of friends . TOLLER . —On the 13 th ult ., at South Pethcrton , Somerset , H . W . Toller , son of R . Toller , of Leicester , aged 29 . WINKUP . —On the 26 th ult ., at Liverpool , Bio . Aaron Winkup , P . M . of the De Grey and Ripon lodge , No . 1356-
Ar00607
THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , OCTOBER 4 , 1879 .
The Grand Lodge Of Scotland And The Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND AND THE GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC .
We are not quite so sure as our good Bro . Ramsey , of Orilla , seems to be , of the "heinous crime" which the Grand Lodge of Scotland has committed in setting up a D . G . Lodge in Montreal . In a very animated appeal , which appears in our contemporary , the New York Dispatch , and
which we publish elsewhere , Bro . Ramsey 'heaps up the agony" considerably against the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and as he seems to rest upon the action of the American Grand Lodges , we think it well to say a few more words on a subject which we had hoped by this time might have
been dismissed as a " res adjudicata . " The Grand Lodge of Quebec , an offshoot from the Grand Lodge of Canada , claims to forbid all Scottish and English lodges to hold warrants from their mother Grand Lodges . But on what grounds ? Independently of an understanding , or concordat , with the Grand Lodge of Canada ,
which is still binding , honourably and Masonically , both in the letter and spirit , we apprehend that the common law of Masonry fully warrants the claims and the course of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and of the Granc Lodge of England . If the position of the G rand Lodge of Quebec be anahzed . it amounts to this : " We claim by Masonic law to sever the connexion between
every lodge and its mother Grand Lodge , because that lodge is in our jurisdiction , utterly irrespective of any previous honourable understanding or compact on the subject . " This is a bold and a decisive claim , which has to be considered , and considered alone , in the light of
Masonic law and Masonic precedent . Bro . Ramsey , like others who have written on this untoward discussion , uses hard words , and angry words , and loud words ; but let us , like good Masons , go back in a peaceful spirit to what is , as far as we know or understand , Masonic law
on the point . For a very momentous point is involved in this discussion — the very independence of all true lodge life . Now , we apprehend that this is undoubtedly the Masonic law on the subject : A lodge to be in life must have a warrant or charter , and that warrant or charter
must emanate f rom a legal body .- The legality of the Scottish lodges in Montreal is undoubted , they were properly warranted by the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The Grind Lodge of Quebec is set up , but certain Scottish and English lodges retaining their old connexion
with the mother country , as they preferred to do at the time the Grand Lodge of Canada was formed , with the full consent and approval of that body—the Grand Lodge of Quebec claims for them , on alleged jurisdictional sovereignty , a transfer of their allegiance , and calls upon them
to surrender their old charters and take out new charters from the Grand Lodge of Quebec . Can such a claim be upheld ? Certainly not ! Can such a pretension be supported ? Again we say , certainly not ! If there is one clear fact in Masonic law , local or general , it is this , the
absolute ri ght of the lodge to adhi re to its warranting authority . The powers and practice of the Grand Lodges of America are appealed to in support of such novel and unheard-of assumptions , but we fancy that they will be appealed to , after all , in vain . In the first place , the Grand
Lodge of Quebec is not exactly in the position of a State Grand Lodge . The Grand Lodge of Quebec is , at the best , at the outside , a provincial bod y in a province which has no sovereign rights . It has more the "status" of a District Grand Lodge than that of a national
Grand Lodge . Despite some recent speakers we believe we are correct in saying , that the American States are Sovereign States , all of equal power and status , and that their Grand Lodges are bona iide national Grand Lodges , in their own limits and territories . But is the precedent of Masonic proceedings in the United
The Grand Lodge Of Scotland And The Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
States favourable to our Canadian friends and Bro . Ramsey ' s coutention on any ground ? We think not . Is it not true , as a fact , that though when newGrand Lodges are formed in America , and though union and uniformity may suggest a
general recognition of the lawful authority of a lawful Grand Lodge , countless cases may be adduced where other Gr 3 nd Lodges , the warranting Grand Lodges of individual lodges in the new jurisdiction , have manfully upheld the right
of the individual lodge , despite the formation of a new Grand Lodge , to adhere to its ori ginal constituting anthority ? It is one thing , as our readers will see at once , to advise in a friendl y and fraternal spirit ; all lodges in a new
jurisdiction , for the sake of peace and uniformity , to join that new body , and quite another thing to claim it as a right , and to attempt by threats of Masonic excommunication and violent resolutions " in terrorem " to compel recalcitrant lodges to
leave the old Grand Lodge and take up with the new . The position assumed by the Grand Lodge of Quebec , and the line of argumeijjiof Bro . Ramsey may be very politic fcid convenient for the interests of an united Freemasonry in that special district , but they are not warranted by any good Masonic precedent ,
nor are they supported by any known Masonic law . We rather doubt if our ^ American brethren will be led astray by the specious but unsound views put forward on this important point . They , like ourselves , wish to adhere to precedent
and to law , and above all they are anxious to discourage novelties in practice and legislation , which if carried to their logical and legitimate extent must " stamp put" the ri ghts of private lodges , and ignore what until this recent discussion has
never been questioned , as far as we are aware , as the local and universal Masonic law on the subject . We cannot , therefore , concur on any grounds in the censure passed by Bro . Ramsey on the Grand Lodge of Scotland .
Masonry Returning Homewards.
MASONRY RETURNING HOMEWARDS .
Little by little our good brethren are wending their way homewards , and back to the "little village , " and are finding themselves in the " bosom of their families" again , let us trust with a smiling wife and contented " olive branches . " From all quarters of the world ,
their modest holiday over , Freemnsons are " ingathering " slowly from their travels within the area of this great Metropolis , and we may note symptoms , slight indeed , at present , in the weekly announcements of the Freemason of the resumption of lodge life , lodge labour , andlodge sociality .
But it is not so much , at present , to Masonic journeyings or the revival of Masonic work , to both of which we shall allude later , that we wish to call attention to-day by the " little text" on which we have pinned our "lesser sermon , " as it is that we feel bound to sympathize with many
worthy married brethren of ours , who , the victims of circumstances , or "connubiality , " teste Mr . Samuel Weller , have been compelled to vegetate in some out of the way bathing place , because Jemima Matilda was recovering from the " chicken pox , " or Thomas Anthony had
been half starved at school . And so Bro . Merriman is taken away from his customary life and his creature comforts , to walk up and down disconsolately on the beach , watch the one donkey carriage and smoke his cigar , while listening to the " yarns ' of the coastguardsman .
Unfortunate "Freemason , '' he whose jokes set a whole sympathetic audience in a roar ; he who is the life and soul of that famous "musical union ; " he who was never known to miss the gathering of the " Agreeable Goslings " any more than the assembly of his own good lodge , " Conviviality ,
2591 . Surely , kind readers , he is an object of pity under such melancholy circumstances , and in such a lonely condition , such isolated walks , and such limited society . In vain does our old friend Sister Mullberry tell us , with a shake of
her good old decided head , that a " married man ' s first duty is to be with his wife , " -and that a 'father ' s chief concern ought to be the care and control of his children . " We admit all this at once . These are old world saws we have heard over and over again , whose venerable warning we