The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-11-17 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OF THE QUEEN.
ALARMING RUMOURS. _

11-1; AY EVENING.

The l'rens Ansociation 1.. authoriastl to state— Mat
there is happily ha foutulation for tie rumours
current in boiulon kiwi New York this mornisig con-
cerning the &Atli f the Queen.
The report, of uhieh the foregoing is a contra.
nppearg in the following telegram from the
London ( orrespontlent f the Lerde Mercury:
Los DOW,. FltiloAT MORXIh...

A rumour, the source f which I have failed to
trace. leached London last night to the effect that
the Queen had been seized with a sudden and severe
illness. It was even stated that Her Majesty was
dead. I have been at Buckingham Palace and
Marlborough House, and at neither place have I
obtained any confirmation of the report. I assume,
therefore, that it is baseless ; but I 4ive it for what it
is worth.

Drumm, Ysimtv.
Xowhere WWI the report that Her 'Majesty WAY un•
,well received with greater surprise than at 'Balmoral
.Caetle. 'lle Queen's health is good that although
.snow has fallen heavily this week, and the weather
.wtherwise tws been inclement, Her Majesty has daily
taken her L.l.42stomml mitAl.sm exercise. Yesterchti
she .Irovo out with the Marchioness of Ely, awl in
the aftertama uallkskl in the Cantle grounds with
tthe rriaaceie Beatrice.

FitEEMABONBY AILIji'MOTESTANTIBII.
Speaking recently at Strstford-ou-Avon, at • Masonic
banquet, the Grand Deacon of .the Grand Lodge of
I:Lusa (Bro. Parkinson), in isroposing."fl. New Railer
of the exalt, the Prince of wales, said-elt att °lettering in
Muses like three to know that there is nothing exceptional
in this union between the Protestant Church and Free-
masonry; that we number dietinguiehed brethren upon
the bench of bishop*, and that in an parte of this realm
the craft anti the reformed ntingion ge hand in band
inculcating the sale.] ditties, inspiring thebabee lopes, anti
impressing upon their adherents that bread charity and
that lively faith in nosl works in which .sensible man are
,u.s.gent to live and die (cheers). There was a time—a
tints which, measured by the yearn of our national life, was
• not cry long ago. when the English clergy might have
felt difluntlty in becoming Freemasons, because of the ab-
solute olseebence to lily constitutesl authority and to the
;lan of the lang to which our brotherhood is committed.
The House of I. cim.moooafter the fall of Wolsey coin-
',dinned that the 4 floca made laws in convocation for dis-
obedience to which the laity were excommunicated. Yet
.I.ltesc kws were often at :..ariance with the laws of the
realm. Archbishop Warbain said he was sorry for this;
but as the lane made by the chum were always in con-
formity with lice will of (bail the laws of the realm had
only to altered for the difficulty to vttnish (a laugh).
Well might the histerian ask what must have boa' the
~,ftion of the clergy ill the fullness of their ;toper when
they ...odd speak thus en the eve of their prostration. The
public of England have been warned recently, anti by high
authority. that the opposing print-inkier sacerdotaliam and
impious lieellee are altneW, mars,Wllne their respective
and that England may be called upon to steer a
tdnisile Connie between Du. language is Mr. DieraelVe -
•. tin cold nod withering blast of ntbefoon and the
worelusug sionetui of saconlotal usurpation." Should that
time unhuotily arrive. Freemasons will rejoice in the
knowledge Ina, to many English clergymen have sworn
ohlelity to the pillitaftlest if the craft. It is good for then,
And wood for us that these clerical brethren should have
101 l aside alj distinctiveness to pre-sent theta
foelVell at the door of the ;edge. candidates for Masonic
in/WOW/I. it IA gonul. no on ingsteries are gradually
mods knows to them—and thci toe taught, as Bums
mote— •
II) that hierosth ;shit beonst,
Whieb 11004 but craftsman ever inn,"
• linksailut in our seinen ordinanoes and mystic rites,
_g to or iiss with us, as brethren. their adoration to the
-EA High, tlust Qui of the Masen's Lodge and of the
iisb Liturgy who is the "lover of concord," and'
Is perfect freedom." Churchmen soon'
saws Mist 111111111osts are zealous ritualins ; hut that their'
iritsaMon is • is. to bigotry. Its nebulous superstition and
t. lealanry, however spurious nay Ise its forms Masonry
sad the Protestant religion both proclaim the volume oi.
• pomp/ IAVI to be the rule and guide of faith, but
they do not teach that any frail and erring creature of the
dust, la ,infoltitile, or that interpretations of tha "cm,
volume ere to la socepteal blindly and without. judgment
,u twief. theprinoietc..d the Reformation and the 'spirit
Frionsaiiiiry hart so ealeh iii realletal that if ever tile
hard won fruits ult the rind are Guandened the duties and
s.b. maeonie lodge will assuredly keep the
both by awl clerical, or, the side of loyalty,
.3.1 freedant (cheent). With all this we exclude no
mats for his faith if that faith permits him to enter upon
to Awry(' Masonic obligations. The true Mason's
limn" Ferments net with the bigot's leaven,
MI creeds be views with toleration thorough,
And lass a bower of recrolzrei,n.yeeca
As anybody's rotten
aspersions of our enemies are
th,..p.gotte injunction. "With well doing ye
seing pat to idiom., the ignorance of foolish men, as free
7arieremr. tiocnr.liberty as • cloak of malkionmess• but