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The New Appointments.
THE NEW APPOINTMENTS .
The lamented death ofthe Earl of Durham having created a vacancy in the office of Pro-Grand Master , the Masonic Fraternity of England will feel much gratification in the announcement that the Earl of Zetland has been nominated to succeed as the Alter-Ego . His Lordship possesses
the confidence and esteem of the Fraternity , and his promotion will be viewed as an assurance that their welfare coulcl not be better secured than by such an entrustment of
their best interests . The promotion of this nobleman having placed the Deputy Grand Mastership at the disposal of the Grand Master , his Royal Hig hness has exercised his prerogative by the appointment of the Most Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury as
his Deputy Grand Master . Perhaps a more' judicious appointment could not have been made ; whether it be looked at as the best means of proving to the world at large that no political bias should influence Masonic opinion , more particularlin the highest quarter ; as the most fraternal , as well
y as politic mode of gratifying a very numerous , influential , and zealous class of the Order ; or as the just and honourable requital for services rendered to the Craft—services which stand forth prominently in the fact , that previous to the appointment of the Marquis of Salisbury as Provincial
Grand Master for the province in which he resides , and in which he must be well known , there was but one Lodgeif indeed there was even one—whereas now there are no
fewer than six . It were hardly necessary to say one word more on this subject , unless , indeed , to remark , that at the last Grand Lodge the announcement of the appointment of the present Deputy Grand Master was received with the most enthusiastic demonstration of " welcome . " VOL . vn . Q *
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The New Appointments.
THE NEW APPOINTMENTS .
The lamented death ofthe Earl of Durham having created a vacancy in the office of Pro-Grand Master , the Masonic Fraternity of England will feel much gratification in the announcement that the Earl of Zetland has been nominated to succeed as the Alter-Ego . His Lordship possesses
the confidence and esteem of the Fraternity , and his promotion will be viewed as an assurance that their welfare coulcl not be better secured than by such an entrustment of
their best interests . The promotion of this nobleman having placed the Deputy Grand Mastership at the disposal of the Grand Master , his Royal Hig hness has exercised his prerogative by the appointment of the Most Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury as
his Deputy Grand Master . Perhaps a more' judicious appointment could not have been made ; whether it be looked at as the best means of proving to the world at large that no political bias should influence Masonic opinion , more particularlin the highest quarter ; as the most fraternal , as well
y as politic mode of gratifying a very numerous , influential , and zealous class of the Order ; or as the just and honourable requital for services rendered to the Craft—services which stand forth prominently in the fact , that previous to the appointment of the Marquis of Salisbury as Provincial
Grand Master for the province in which he resides , and in which he must be well known , there was but one Lodgeif indeed there was even one—whereas now there are no
fewer than six . It were hardly necessary to say one word more on this subject , unless , indeed , to remark , that at the last Grand Lodge the announcement of the appointment of the present Deputy Grand Master was received with the most enthusiastic demonstration of " welcome . " VOL . vn . Q *