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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 7 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
V : JTHE MASON ' WIDOW , AND HER COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY . —We presume that : the Committee appointed to examine into this case must have misinterpreted their directions , for but one of them—the Grand Secretary—visited the widow . His report , though unfavourable , was heartily adopted by the other twain . This case is curious . Enquiry arose from thereport that the lady was to receive 1400 guineas for the medical
practice of her deceased husband . Was this report proved on examination of the tres fundi in uno ? Quite the reverse . A letter from the gentleman who entered into an-engagement , proved that up to the present time he had paid nothing to the family , and that if he received nothing he . was , to pay—nothing ... The case of enquiry therefore broke down . But was the Grand Secretary to break down—was he to go back
tip the Grand Lodge an unsuccessful inquisitor—and his alter et idem to face public contempt—or were they to pay tbe £ 50 ? Oh , no ! he discovered a mare ' s nest , and they applauded . What was it ? Had the widow then any immediate means of help that she had withheld from them ? Marry , no immediate means ; but her husband had settled on liter children a policy of insurance for £ 1000 , the interest of which ( - £ 30 )
she . was to appropriate in their board and education . Six children ! to be boarded and educated on £ 30 . Five pounds per year for each ! But the Committee of inquisitors did not state that some opposition to the
payment , and subsequent expenses , had delayed the investment , so that she will receive but a very infinitesimal interest until July , 1 S 47 . They ruled that the case did not fall within their directions to relieve , and their report was unfavourable , but without giving any reasons . Debate drew put their reasons ; and the special pleading that a thousand pounds put the case out of court , was all but successful . A goose is
said , to have saved Rome—anserine pleading was nearly fatal to Freemasqnry , —which ; was sayed ; only by a majority , of two in favour of the Order . And these practises are permitted in the present day ! Let us , however , while we . reprove the great minority , confess that at the late , hour at which the vote , was taken , many friends to good order had left , under the impression that no opposition was possible ; and that , the same , view , must have been taken by many who were absent , several of whom
have , since expressed their sincere regret on the occasion . Let , them mal ^ e , the , ' . ' , amende honorable" at the next Grand Lodge : for . until the minutes , jof the . last Grand Lodge are confirmed , the president of the Board has declared his intention not to pay the grant . ' . Pay or . not pay , the cause of the widow has alread y suffered : we know , not from report , but from facts , that upwards of £ 50 have been
otherwise withheld from flowing into the exchequer appointed by Providence for her use , and that even to many of the popular world it has been hinted by profane Masons that the case is not a deserving one . May the mildew of hopeless affliction never light on them or on theirs ! and
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
V : JTHE MASON ' WIDOW , AND HER COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY . —We presume that : the Committee appointed to examine into this case must have misinterpreted their directions , for but one of them—the Grand Secretary—visited the widow . His report , though unfavourable , was heartily adopted by the other twain . This case is curious . Enquiry arose from thereport that the lady was to receive 1400 guineas for the medical
practice of her deceased husband . Was this report proved on examination of the tres fundi in uno ? Quite the reverse . A letter from the gentleman who entered into an-engagement , proved that up to the present time he had paid nothing to the family , and that if he received nothing he . was , to pay—nothing ... The case of enquiry therefore broke down . But was the Grand Secretary to break down—was he to go back
tip the Grand Lodge an unsuccessful inquisitor—and his alter et idem to face public contempt—or were they to pay tbe £ 50 ? Oh , no ! he discovered a mare ' s nest , and they applauded . What was it ? Had the widow then any immediate means of help that she had withheld from them ? Marry , no immediate means ; but her husband had settled on liter children a policy of insurance for £ 1000 , the interest of which ( - £ 30 )
she . was to appropriate in their board and education . Six children ! to be boarded and educated on £ 30 . Five pounds per year for each ! But the Committee of inquisitors did not state that some opposition to the
payment , and subsequent expenses , had delayed the investment , so that she will receive but a very infinitesimal interest until July , 1 S 47 . They ruled that the case did not fall within their directions to relieve , and their report was unfavourable , but without giving any reasons . Debate drew put their reasons ; and the special pleading that a thousand pounds put the case out of court , was all but successful . A goose is
said , to have saved Rome—anserine pleading was nearly fatal to Freemasqnry , —which ; was sayed ; only by a majority , of two in favour of the Order . And these practises are permitted in the present day ! Let us , however , while we . reprove the great minority , confess that at the late , hour at which the vote , was taken , many friends to good order had left , under the impression that no opposition was possible ; and that , the same , view , must have been taken by many who were absent , several of whom
have , since expressed their sincere regret on the occasion . Let , them mal ^ e , the , ' . ' , amende honorable" at the next Grand Lodge : for . until the minutes , jof the . last Grand Lodge are confirmed , the president of the Board has declared his intention not to pay the grant . ' . Pay or . not pay , the cause of the widow has alread y suffered : we know , not from report , but from facts , that upwards of £ 50 have been
otherwise withheld from flowing into the exchequer appointed by Providence for her use , and that even to many of the popular world it has been hinted by profane Masons that the case is not a deserving one . May the mildew of hopeless affliction never light on them or on theirs ! and