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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGESSt . John's , No . 279 j Kennington , No . 1381 ; Covent Garden , No . 1614 ; and Albert Edward , No . 17 S 0 . LODGES OF

INSTRUCTIONIslington , No . 1471 ; and Kensington , No . 1767 . MARK LODGE—Industry , No . 293 . RED CROSS—Premier Conclave . CORRESPONDENCE—Bro . Sillitoe ; and Bro . George Norman . Consecration of the Empire Chapter , No . 210 S . Dedication of a Masonic Hall at Plymouth .

BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . " La Revista Masonica del Peru , " " Die Bauhutte , " " Boletin Oficial de la I iga , " "Freemason" ( Toronto ) , "Masonica del Uruguay , " " The Tyler , " and " Voice of Masonry . "

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g ^^^^^ A ^^ ^ ssss & la ^ AAAXS ^^ g ^ p . SATURDAY , JANUAPY 12 , 1889 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

"RULE 210 . " To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Your correspondent "Flej" has somewhat misunderstood the purport of my letter re Bro . Woodward ' s motion .

That it should have provoked some demur in the minds of my English brethren I am not surprised at , nor was I unprepared to expect that it would not pass without a challenge ; neither can I take exception to the terms in which it has been reviewed by my anonymous brother .

He is a little in error in supposing that the steps we take ( summary , no doubt , as they appear to him ) are not preceded by a " notice " to the defaulting brother . When I said that we dispense with all notice in writing , I meant my statement to be read , in the literal sense , as now italicised .

Meeting , as our lodges for the most part do , twelve times in the year , i . e ., monthly , we periodically , or perhaps I had better say quarterly , append a foot-note to the ordinary notice directing attention to the rule relating to dues in arrear . When these intimations have been repeatedly and persistently disrega'ded , we think , in the interests of the Iodge and of the Craft in general , it high time to take the

ulterior course provided for in our oivn by-laws . When my brother who signs himself " Flej " tells me that for any private lodge in the Colonies to take such action is to commit itself to an " illegality " which might be " reversed on appeal to Grand Lodge , " by which he , of course , means the Grand Lodge of England , I must really join issue with him , and he will , 1 trust , excuse my

reminding him that he is confounding the powers of a Provincial Grand Master ( with which he is probably more familiar ) with those conferred on a District Grand Master and , a fortiori , on the District Grand Lodge over which he presides . In the exercise of those powers , the District Grand Lodge draws up what I may term a subsidiary Book of Constitutions , or regulations for its own guidance and that of the

private lodges working under it . Those regulations , when they have been three times read and passed in the District Grand Lodge , are transmitted home for the approval of the Grand Master , who , if he finds upon comparing them with the Book of Constitutions that none of them are " ultra vires , " signs them approved , and returns them to the Dist . G . M .

Under those powers each private lodge formulates' its by-laws , which in turn are signed in manuscript by the VV . Master , and forwarded to the Dist . Grand Secretary for the approval of the Dist . G . M . When they have received his imprimatur they are sent back to the W . M ., who , after he has reported them to his lodge , directs them to be transcribed into a book kept for that purpose , which he

subsequently compares and signs . The original MS . is carefully preserved in the archives of his lodge , while a third copy , after being in a like manner compared and attested , is sent to the printer . Now , my brother will perhaps say "That is all very well , but how do you know that the brother to whom you send the notice receivesit ? " Well , that is just a point that was made much of , if I remember rightly , in the discussion in

Grand Lodge . My answer to that is a very simple one . To all covenants and agreements there must be two parties , both of whom bind themselves conjointly and individually to comply with the terms therein expressed . Now , we all know that every initiate binds himself inter alia to " answer all signs and summonses" sent to him by his lodge . In addition to that ( as is our practice ) , he signs his name on the night of his initiation ( of course after the ceremony)—inthebooks containing the transcribed

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by-laws of his lodge , and receives from the hands of the Worshipful Master ( as is our custom ) . 1 , a copy of the Book of Constitutions of England , in which are written his name in full , the name and number of his lodge , the date of his initiation , and the signature of the Worshipful Master ; 2 , a copy of the by-laws of the lodge , the one indicating the duty he" owes to the Craft in gentral , and

the other the obedience expected from him by the lodge which has honoured him in making him a member . Now , Sir , in addition to the arrears by-law , which bristles so dreadfully in the eyes of my brother " Flej , " there is yet another , and "it is but a little one , " which renders it obligatory upon each brother , on removal from the address in which he was registered on the night of his

initiation , to notify the change in writing to the Secretary . Now , Sir , viewing the Masonic Institution in the same common sense light , that we should regard any other association or club , no brothsr need lift up his hands in p ious horror at the idea of a brother who , in a twofold manner , so utterly neglects the simple duties required of him being dealt with in the manner indicated in my

previous letter . And I do not believe that any member of a lodge , whoso trifles with the duties required of him , can be regarded as an upright man and a Mason . I acquit my brother of all intention to give offence by the use of the expression " Colonial way , " an expression which is very objectionable to English residents in the Colonies , and not much relished by'the native-born either ,

for the matter of that . Neither is it much to the purpose whether , as " Flej " says , Bro . Woodward in his reference to my former letter " guards himself against expressing approval of the Colonial way of cutting the Gordian knot , " sufficient for me it is to have a feeling of sympathy with the motives which actuated that brother in bringing forward his motion

in Grand Lodge—motives which do him the highest credit , for I perceive he is a man whose desire is that Masonry should be what its lofty principles and tenets intended it to be—an association of honourable men—and not be made a couvenieiice of by men whose lips have never been touched with the coal from its altars , who in many cases we too sadly know having taken in the most solemn

manner the most solemn obligations , trample them without scruple in their daily lives and actions beneath their feet , and as to lodge notices , or reminders to arrears of dues , quietly twist them into pipe lighters , while possibly also indulging in a laugh at the expense of the Secretary , who has wasted the lodge ' s stamps and stationery on their unworthy selves .

Whether it be a " Colonial way " or any other way , so long as it be a straightforward way , no way can be more simple , too direct , by which such men can be got rid of out of the body of Masonry , and such is evidently Bro . Woodward ' s desire , and should be , may I be allowed to say so ,

the aim and desire of all other brethren who truly love and honour our noble Institution . We heard a good deal the other night about " protection of the brethren . " My experience leads me to the conclusion that it is the Craft that far more requires to be protected than the individual members of it .

My letter , Sir , has already extended , I fear , beyond the limit your journal justifies , but if you would allow me a few more lines space I would like to add , in conclusion , for the further information of " Flej , " that we have another " Colonial way , " which is , when we have excluded members who in our plain Colonial way of speaking we regard as having acted in a manner dishonouring to themselves—a

violation of their sworn undertaking , and dishonest to the Iodge—to send their names to every lodge throughout the district , and which names are read out in the respective lodges when open . With regard to the " illegality " mentioned by the brother whose letter is now under reply , it will astonish me greatly to find that the late time-honoured District Grand Master of

New South Wales—himself a veteran in Masomy , and who when he appeared before the Grand Lodge in iS— ( under the Earl of Zetland , I believe ) to uphold the position he had taken up in defence of the freedom of Masonry in the trying early days of the Colonies , received such marked distinction from the hands of the Grand Master , and whose conduct was so acclaimed by the Grand Lodge itself , should ,

in the conservative principles on which he has ever acted in governing his district , have sanctioned the adoption of any by-laws by a private lodge which might be held to contravene or override the Masonic statute book of England . Of that book I say , and with great respect ( for we in the Colonies , whether home born or otherwise , are habituated to looking with love and reverence upon the laws of England , whether civil or Masonic ) , that if Rule 210 does by its

application throw an segis over such men as I have in this and my previous letter referred to , the sooner it is abolished , remodelled , or amended the better ; and I , with my Colonial ways still clinging to me , pity my English brethren who in their private lodges have to tolerate such a state of things . Thanking you , dear Sir and Brother , for your former courtesy to me , and apologising for the length of this communication—1 am , yours faithfully and fraternally , E . LY 1 TON HITCHINS . January 7 th .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

"ST . JOHN'S CARD , " 18 S 8 . Bro . Speth , to whom the idea is due , has issued this Annual of the " Quatuor Coronati" Lodge , No . 2076 , in a much improved form . The size is now the same as the Transactions , and so will bind well with those volumes , whereas the first , for Dec . 27 th , 1 SS 7 , was much smaller . Then again he has wisely restricted the titles enjoyed by

the members to the Craft , including the Royal Arch , so far as their description is concerned in this exce lent annual . Surely this departure will commend itself to all lovers of the Craft , especially as the publication appears under the wing of Lodge 2076 ; and , in the " Family

Circle , " or " Outer Circle , " it would appear that some of the members would exhaust a page or two , if only to enumerate all the Degrees they belong to , even without noting the offices held in all sorts and condi'ions of socalled Masonic Degrees ! The Address by Bro . William Simpson , R . I ., the W . M ., should bear fruit in 18 S 9 , as he