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Masonic Missions.
MASONIC MISSIONS .
No . XVI . I .-APRIL 27 , 1859 .
A CORRESPONDENT complains that in describing tbe Province oi Devonshire ive have left out the important town of Dartmouth , ivhich is quite true ; and the reason of it is a simple one-the Freemasons ' Calendar and Pocket Book does not include Dartmouth or any Lod-e in it under the head of Devonshire .
_ Bro . W . Kelly , Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Leicestershire is Jnnd enough to give us several explanations with regard to that province , and correct some inaccuracies in our account . It was erroneousl y printed that Bro . Earl Howe has been for many years irovmcial Grand Masterthough the statement written b ivas
, as y us correct , but m passing through the press it was referred to a brother who thinking Sir Frederick Powke had never been Provincial Grand Master , and that . he liad only acted as Deputy to Earl Howe , made that alteration in our statement , which has been justly subject of comnlaint . J
With regard to the number of Lodge towns , Bro . Kelly is right but we must again plead the Calendar , since the publication of whicli Ashby de la Zoueh has been added to the list . Bro . Kelly will see that , subject to his correction , we had intended to do justice to the short administration of Earl Howe , which has been marked b and
y vigour munificence . Bro . Kelly writes in a o-0 od spirit , and appreciates that in which we have undertaken this task ¦ not for the purpose of creating discord or attributing personal blame ' but for the same object in which he co-operates-of exciting a zeal for the promotion of Masonry bshowing its deficiencies and out
y points how they may be supplied . He assists us by supplying further information , and we hope to assist him by stimulating the brethren of Leicestershire to second his zealous endeavours . We are by no means grieved by brethren pointing out our own VOL . vi . -3 D
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Missions.
MASONIC MISSIONS .
No . XVI . I .-APRIL 27 , 1859 .
A CORRESPONDENT complains that in describing tbe Province oi Devonshire ive have left out the important town of Dartmouth , ivhich is quite true ; and the reason of it is a simple one-the Freemasons ' Calendar and Pocket Book does not include Dartmouth or any Lod-e in it under the head of Devonshire .
_ Bro . W . Kelly , Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Leicestershire is Jnnd enough to give us several explanations with regard to that province , and correct some inaccuracies in our account . It was erroneousl y printed that Bro . Earl Howe has been for many years irovmcial Grand Masterthough the statement written b ivas
, as y us correct , but m passing through the press it was referred to a brother who thinking Sir Frederick Powke had never been Provincial Grand Master , and that . he liad only acted as Deputy to Earl Howe , made that alteration in our statement , which has been justly subject of comnlaint . J
With regard to the number of Lodge towns , Bro . Kelly is right but we must again plead the Calendar , since the publication of whicli Ashby de la Zoueh has been added to the list . Bro . Kelly will see that , subject to his correction , we had intended to do justice to the short administration of Earl Howe , which has been marked b and
y vigour munificence . Bro . Kelly writes in a o-0 od spirit , and appreciates that in which we have undertaken this task ¦ not for the purpose of creating discord or attributing personal blame ' but for the same object in which he co-operates-of exciting a zeal for the promotion of Masonry bshowing its deficiencies and out
y points how they may be supplied . He assists us by supplying further information , and we hope to assist him by stimulating the brethren of Leicestershire to second his zealous endeavours . We are by no means grieved by brethren pointing out our own VOL . vi . -3 D