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Masonic Notes And Queries.
" Members not submitting to the judgment of a committee , if confirmed by a majority of the body , who . upon such an occasion , are to be duly summoned—Expulsion . " These by-laws are signed officially by Isaac HeronMaster ; William MalcomS . " Warden ; and
, , John Lawrence , J . Warden . They are beautifully written in a clear , round hand hand on parchment , and contain the signatures of a large number of the then members of the lodge , or of those who were members until the adoption of another code in 1784 . "
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents FREEMASONRY AND THE OLD GILDS AND BROTHERHOODS .
. TO THE EDITOR OF THE F _[ EE _ JASO _ fS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Allow me to express the great pleasure I felt in perusing several of the pages of last week ' s Magazine , especially the remarks under the head of " English Gilds" and " On the Ordnance Survey of Sinai . " I think very highly ot Toulmin
Smith's work ; and although its price is a guinea , it is well worth the money . I trust the individual , whether Brother or not , who is treating upon it in your columns , will go on in the same able manner in which he has commenced—and I wish him good speed . The references to the old monks and their works in
¦ the paper on Sinai are worth thinking over—in fact , the whole paper seems to me to show the hand of a master . I am very sorry that I cannot say as much for the article on " Freemasonry ; its history , principles , and objects , " taken from the Rectangular Review . There is rather too much of the " old thing over
again" in it to please me , more especially as we now find that a great deal of our old light is simply no light ; therefore give us something neAV , and something more in keeping with our adA-ancing knowledge . I question several of the remarks in this article . We must go in for progress—that progress which such
writers as D . Murray Lyoii , "W . J . Hughan , Hyde Clarke , and others in this Magazine have done so much to advance . Sophistry must be sent to the rightabout , ignorance dispelled , imagination curbed , aud truth alone made our guiding star . Yours fraternally , W . P . BUCHAN .
Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons Of England And Wales And The Colonies And Dependencies Of The British Crown.
GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN .
TO THE EDITOll OE TltC FKEEJIASOIfS' MAGAZIXE AND ItASOKIO HIRKOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Oblige me by finding space in your next issue for the folloAving letter , addressed to the Grand Scribe E . of the Grand Chapter of Scotland , by command of the M . W . Grand Mark Master Mason .
Yours fraternally , EEEDEEICK BINCKES , Grand Sec .
" Grand Lodge of Marie Master Masons of Fngland and Wcdes and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown . " Office—2 , Red Lion-square , Holborn , London , W . C ., Aug . 10 , 1870 . '' Sir and Companion—I am directed by the M . W .
, Grand Mark Master Mason of England , & c , to express to the Grand Eoyal Arch Chapter of Scotland the great regret with which he has heard of a new act of aggression on the part of that body in appointing a District Grand Master over the Mark Degree in Lancashire .
" The Grand Mark Master Mason enters his protest against this fresh attack upon the rights of English Mark Master Masons by a foreign jurisdiction , and he desires to place on record the following facts : — " 1 . That the English Mark Lodges have from time
immemorial had an independent existence , and have never been subordinate either to the United Grand Lodge , or the Grand Chapter of England , or to any authority whatever in Scotland . f ' That ten of these independent and autonomous lodges have vested their inherent powers in the Grand
Lodge of Mark Master Masons , founded by certain of their number in 1856 , in accordance with the precedent set in 1717 in the formation of the Grand Lodge in London , and by the Eoyal Arch Masons , who constituted the Grand Chapter of Scotland , in August 1817 .
, " 3 . That by this Grand Mark Lodge so constituted , one hundred and eight warrants to lodges have been issued , and that the Mark Master Masons advanced iu these lodges are recognised as true and lawful Mark Masters by the Grand Chapters of Ireland and of Canada .
" 4 . That m Scotland the Mark degree is admitted by the Grand Chapter to have been ' wrought by the operative lodges of St . John ' s Masonry from time immemorial , and long before the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736 . ' It is notorious that at that date Eoyal Arch Masonry as such did not exist , while its secrets were given in the Master ' s degree .
The Grand Chapter was not formed till 1817 , consequently iu this invasion of the English jurisdiction a modern Scottish organisation is claiming authority OA er an English degree of immemorial antiquity . This authority the Grand Mark Master Mason entirely repudiates .
" 5 . The Grand Mark Master Mason is well aware that the excuse for this unmasonic act on the part of the Grand Chapter of Scotland is that the Grand Mark Lodge is not recognised by the Craft Grand Lodge Lodge or the Grand Chapter of England . But the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
writes to this Grand Lodge on June 22 , 1864 , " The Grand Lodge of Scotland does not recognise Eoyal Arch Masonry and its various degrees : " so that if recognition by the Craft Grand Lodge is a condition of legitimacy , it is one not possessed by the Eoyal Arch degree and the Grand Eoyal Arch Chapter of
Scotland , On the other baud , the Craft Grand Lodge of England is barred by the Articles of Union from recognising any degrees but the first three , including the Eoyal Arch , as existing and sanctioned by the Lodge of Eeconciliation in 1813 . It certainly does not recognise the Grand Chapter of Scotland as the head
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
" Members not submitting to the judgment of a committee , if confirmed by a majority of the body , who . upon such an occasion , are to be duly summoned—Expulsion . " These by-laws are signed officially by Isaac HeronMaster ; William MalcomS . " Warden ; and
, , John Lawrence , J . Warden . They are beautifully written in a clear , round hand hand on parchment , and contain the signatures of a large number of the then members of the lodge , or of those who were members until the adoption of another code in 1784 . "
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents FREEMASONRY AND THE OLD GILDS AND BROTHERHOODS .
. TO THE EDITOR OF THE F _[ EE _ JASO _ fS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Allow me to express the great pleasure I felt in perusing several of the pages of last week ' s Magazine , especially the remarks under the head of " English Gilds" and " On the Ordnance Survey of Sinai . " I think very highly ot Toulmin
Smith's work ; and although its price is a guinea , it is well worth the money . I trust the individual , whether Brother or not , who is treating upon it in your columns , will go on in the same able manner in which he has commenced—and I wish him good speed . The references to the old monks and their works in
¦ the paper on Sinai are worth thinking over—in fact , the whole paper seems to me to show the hand of a master . I am very sorry that I cannot say as much for the article on " Freemasonry ; its history , principles , and objects , " taken from the Rectangular Review . There is rather too much of the " old thing over
again" in it to please me , more especially as we now find that a great deal of our old light is simply no light ; therefore give us something neAV , and something more in keeping with our adA-ancing knowledge . I question several of the remarks in this article . We must go in for progress—that progress which such
writers as D . Murray Lyoii , "W . J . Hughan , Hyde Clarke , and others in this Magazine have done so much to advance . Sophistry must be sent to the rightabout , ignorance dispelled , imagination curbed , aud truth alone made our guiding star . Yours fraternally , W . P . BUCHAN .
Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons Of England And Wales And The Colonies And Dependencies Of The British Crown.
GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN .
TO THE EDITOll OE TltC FKEEJIASOIfS' MAGAZIXE AND ItASOKIO HIRKOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Oblige me by finding space in your next issue for the folloAving letter , addressed to the Grand Scribe E . of the Grand Chapter of Scotland , by command of the M . W . Grand Mark Master Mason .
Yours fraternally , EEEDEEICK BINCKES , Grand Sec .
" Grand Lodge of Marie Master Masons of Fngland and Wcdes and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown . " Office—2 , Red Lion-square , Holborn , London , W . C ., Aug . 10 , 1870 . '' Sir and Companion—I am directed by the M . W .
, Grand Mark Master Mason of England , & c , to express to the Grand Eoyal Arch Chapter of Scotland the great regret with which he has heard of a new act of aggression on the part of that body in appointing a District Grand Master over the Mark Degree in Lancashire .
" The Grand Mark Master Mason enters his protest against this fresh attack upon the rights of English Mark Master Masons by a foreign jurisdiction , and he desires to place on record the following facts : — " 1 . That the English Mark Lodges have from time
immemorial had an independent existence , and have never been subordinate either to the United Grand Lodge , or the Grand Chapter of England , or to any authority whatever in Scotland . f ' That ten of these independent and autonomous lodges have vested their inherent powers in the Grand
Lodge of Mark Master Masons , founded by certain of their number in 1856 , in accordance with the precedent set in 1717 in the formation of the Grand Lodge in London , and by the Eoyal Arch Masons , who constituted the Grand Chapter of Scotland , in August 1817 .
, " 3 . That by this Grand Mark Lodge so constituted , one hundred and eight warrants to lodges have been issued , and that the Mark Master Masons advanced iu these lodges are recognised as true and lawful Mark Masters by the Grand Chapters of Ireland and of Canada .
" 4 . That m Scotland the Mark degree is admitted by the Grand Chapter to have been ' wrought by the operative lodges of St . John ' s Masonry from time immemorial , and long before the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736 . ' It is notorious that at that date Eoyal Arch Masonry as such did not exist , while its secrets were given in the Master ' s degree .
The Grand Chapter was not formed till 1817 , consequently iu this invasion of the English jurisdiction a modern Scottish organisation is claiming authority OA er an English degree of immemorial antiquity . This authority the Grand Mark Master Mason entirely repudiates .
" 5 . The Grand Mark Master Mason is well aware that the excuse for this unmasonic act on the part of the Grand Chapter of Scotland is that the Grand Mark Lodge is not recognised by the Craft Grand Lodge Lodge or the Grand Chapter of England . But the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
writes to this Grand Lodge on June 22 , 1864 , " The Grand Lodge of Scotland does not recognise Eoyal Arch Masonry and its various degrees : " so that if recognition by the Craft Grand Lodge is a condition of legitimacy , it is one not possessed by the Eoyal Arch degree and the Grand Eoyal Arch Chapter of
Scotland , On the other baud , the Craft Grand Lodge of England is barred by the Articles of Union from recognising any degrees but the first three , including the Eoyal Arch , as existing and sanctioned by the Lodge of Eeconciliation in 1813 . It certainly does not recognise the Grand Chapter of Scotland as the head