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Freemasonry In Liverpool.
Wc very much regret to hear that in the St . George ' s Lodge of Harmony , No . 35 , held at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , a course of action has been admitted , which , if not at once corrected and discarded , must prove dangerous to the credit ancl integrity of the Order . It has been deemed so insulting to an honourable and zealous Brother as to occasion his secession , and cannot for one moment , with propriety , be maintained as consistent with the rules and spirit of genuine Masonry ,
The facts have been communicated to us , and are as follow : — Brother Augustus Robert Martin was regularly received into Freemasonry on the 24 th day of January , 1842 , and was admitted to the third degree on the 24 th of April following . The readiness which he invariably evinced to advance the interests of the Order , and the capacity which he displayed to render it the best service , soon drew to Mm the attention of the Worshipful Master presiding , as a fit and proper person to be entrusted with office . During eighteen months he acted as the Inner
Guard , and acquitted himself so ably that at the commencement of the next year tbe incoming Master requested him to undertake the Secretaryship . For the mode in which he discharged those duties he was greatly . complimented , was admitted into the Chapter , appointed Scribe N . and invested with the badge of a Provincial Grand Steward . The Worshipful Master for 1 S 45 solicited him to undertake the Senior Wardenship , which he filled for the year so successfully as to elicit a complimentary notice from the Deputy Provincial Grand Master . His general conduct in the
important offices which he had occupied so won the good feeling of the Brethren who attended the working of the Lodge , that on the approach of the usual period for the election of Woz'shipful Master lie was spoken of as deserving to be elevated to that exalted position . The wishes of the Brethren who designed this compliment having been communicated to the Provincial Grand Registrar ( a Past Master of the Lodge ) , who had never once attended the working , and but twice visited for refreshment during the four years in which Bro . Martin was doing his best to promote the
harmony , utility , efficiency , and conviviality of the Lodge , the very unmasonic objection was raised that " Bro . Martin ' s position in life did not warrant him in aspiring to preside over so ' aristocratic' a Lodge as 35 , " and the Past Master referred to indulged in the insulting remark , but in somewhat coarser terms , that " no assistant editor of a newspaper , nor any editor either , should ever be permitted to occupy the chair which he had sat in whilst mayor of . Liverpool . " On this hint others of the Brethren , who did not attempt to dispute Martin
Bro . ' s deserts , entered upon an active canvass , not altogether in favour of another Brother whom they had selected , and who , though entitled to the confidence of the Lodge from the length of time with which he had been connected with it , did not wish to have the office forced upon him , but against the younger Brother , representing that if the latter were elected several subscribing Brethren , whose wealth and standing in thc town are supposed to give a tone of respectability to the Lodge , would resign .
The result of their exertions was apparent on the day of election . There are seldom more than fourteen or fifteen Brethren in attendance on such occasions , but this time there were thirty-four present , twenty handing in their votes for Bro . Foster and fourteen for Bro . Martin . Though Bro . Martin felt severely that the article of the Constitution , " that all preferment among Masons is , or ought to be , grounded upon real worth and personal merit alone , " had been violated in this election , that he had fairly earned the honours from which he had thus been ungenerously excluded , and that as far as the Lodge was concerned , thc principle of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In Liverpool.
Wc very much regret to hear that in the St . George ' s Lodge of Harmony , No . 35 , held at the Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool , a course of action has been admitted , which , if not at once corrected and discarded , must prove dangerous to the credit ancl integrity of the Order . It has been deemed so insulting to an honourable and zealous Brother as to occasion his secession , and cannot for one moment , with propriety , be maintained as consistent with the rules and spirit of genuine Masonry ,
The facts have been communicated to us , and are as follow : — Brother Augustus Robert Martin was regularly received into Freemasonry on the 24 th day of January , 1842 , and was admitted to the third degree on the 24 th of April following . The readiness which he invariably evinced to advance the interests of the Order , and the capacity which he displayed to render it the best service , soon drew to Mm the attention of the Worshipful Master presiding , as a fit and proper person to be entrusted with office . During eighteen months he acted as the Inner
Guard , and acquitted himself so ably that at the commencement of the next year tbe incoming Master requested him to undertake the Secretaryship . For the mode in which he discharged those duties he was greatly . complimented , was admitted into the Chapter , appointed Scribe N . and invested with the badge of a Provincial Grand Steward . The Worshipful Master for 1 S 45 solicited him to undertake the Senior Wardenship , which he filled for the year so successfully as to elicit a complimentary notice from the Deputy Provincial Grand Master . His general conduct in the
important offices which he had occupied so won the good feeling of the Brethren who attended the working of the Lodge , that on the approach of the usual period for the election of Woz'shipful Master lie was spoken of as deserving to be elevated to that exalted position . The wishes of the Brethren who designed this compliment having been communicated to the Provincial Grand Registrar ( a Past Master of the Lodge ) , who had never once attended the working , and but twice visited for refreshment during the four years in which Bro . Martin was doing his best to promote the
harmony , utility , efficiency , and conviviality of the Lodge , the very unmasonic objection was raised that " Bro . Martin ' s position in life did not warrant him in aspiring to preside over so ' aristocratic' a Lodge as 35 , " and the Past Master referred to indulged in the insulting remark , but in somewhat coarser terms , that " no assistant editor of a newspaper , nor any editor either , should ever be permitted to occupy the chair which he had sat in whilst mayor of . Liverpool . " On this hint others of the Brethren , who did not attempt to dispute Martin
Bro . ' s deserts , entered upon an active canvass , not altogether in favour of another Brother whom they had selected , and who , though entitled to the confidence of the Lodge from the length of time with which he had been connected with it , did not wish to have the office forced upon him , but against the younger Brother , representing that if the latter were elected several subscribing Brethren , whose wealth and standing in thc town are supposed to give a tone of respectability to the Lodge , would resign .
The result of their exertions was apparent on the day of election . There are seldom more than fourteen or fifteen Brethren in attendance on such occasions , but this time there were thirty-four present , twenty handing in their votes for Bro . Foster and fourteen for Bro . Martin . Though Bro . Martin felt severely that the article of the Constitution , " that all preferment among Masons is , or ought to be , grounded upon real worth and personal merit alone , " had been violated in this election , that he had fairly earned the honours from which he had thus been ungenerously excluded , and that as far as the Lodge was concerned , thc principle of