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Parthian Glances*.
sceptre with the most general possible advantage to the interests of the order , he must very often be indebted to the fidelity of the information , which must not only regulate his opinion , but his consequent actions ; and on the immediate cause of the interruptionabout the ides of March , 1831 , we cannot but entertain
, some doubt of the information upon which his Royal Hig hness grounded his displeasure . We have it from undoubted and unquestionable authority * that the " untoward " song was not of a political character , but that the chorus containing a phrase , which mig ht by possibility be so construed , was misinterpreted by many ,
and that the interruption which ensued , arose entirely from a misunderstanding , in consequence of which it was most difficult to collect the precise merits of the case ; and hence we may fairly doubt the probability of a clear report having reached his Royal Highness . On the circumstance of the second edict we shall glance but furtively , as the private feelings of two brethren were alone the cause ; and as the first pleader generally makes out the best case ,
it becomes the more difficult to deal out equal justice . We understand the brethren have explained ; and it is to be hoped that the apprehensions to which the circumstances have given rise , will warn others in future not to be earned away by tbe impulse of their feelings . The stewards of the day should always be treated with respect , as the best mode of ensuring on their part the utmost
attention to the comfort and convenience ofthe assembly . GLANCE THE SECOND . —That the present annual appointment of grand officers ( like some others which have preceded it ) has not altogether gratified the expectations of the Craft is fully manifest ; and , under the strong and powerful address of the M . W . G . Master in Grand Lodge , wherein allusion was made to the peculiar state of
his health , some apprehension is entertained of the difficulty wliich probably attended the selection—a kindly y ielding to the solicitations of private friendship may therefore be the more readily excused . We venture our opinion perhaps with boldness , but we conceive that the public acts of a hig h authority , itself emanating from a constituency of no common order , can well afford to be treated with candour .
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Parthian Glances*.
sceptre with the most general possible advantage to the interests of the order , he must very often be indebted to the fidelity of the information , which must not only regulate his opinion , but his consequent actions ; and on the immediate cause of the interruptionabout the ides of March , 1831 , we cannot but entertain
, some doubt of the information upon which his Royal Hig hness grounded his displeasure . We have it from undoubted and unquestionable authority * that the " untoward " song was not of a political character , but that the chorus containing a phrase , which mig ht by possibility be so construed , was misinterpreted by many ,
and that the interruption which ensued , arose entirely from a misunderstanding , in consequence of which it was most difficult to collect the precise merits of the case ; and hence we may fairly doubt the probability of a clear report having reached his Royal Highness . On the circumstance of the second edict we shall glance but furtively , as the private feelings of two brethren were alone the cause ; and as the first pleader generally makes out the best case ,
it becomes the more difficult to deal out equal justice . We understand the brethren have explained ; and it is to be hoped that the apprehensions to which the circumstances have given rise , will warn others in future not to be earned away by tbe impulse of their feelings . The stewards of the day should always be treated with respect , as the best mode of ensuring on their part the utmost
attention to the comfort and convenience ofthe assembly . GLANCE THE SECOND . —That the present annual appointment of grand officers ( like some others which have preceded it ) has not altogether gratified the expectations of the Craft is fully manifest ; and , under the strong and powerful address of the M . W . G . Master in Grand Lodge , wherein allusion was made to the peculiar state of
his health , some apprehension is entertained of the difficulty wliich probably attended the selection—a kindly y ielding to the solicitations of private friendship may therefore be the more readily excused . We venture our opinion perhaps with boldness , but we conceive that the public acts of a hig h authority , itself emanating from a constituency of no common order , can well afford to be treated with candour .