A Hint wobth Taking. — The Earl of Zetland is about to retire from the office of Grand Master of the Freemasons of England, a post which, he has held for five-and-twenty years, and will probably be succeeded by Earl de Grey and Bipon. In answer to numerous inquiries, we should state that the Prince of Wales ia not old enough ia the craft to be selected for the Grand Mastership., "Whatever the enemies of Freemasonry can have to say against it, toadyism is certainly not amongst its faults j and it ia pleasant tip see some limit put upon the system of preferment of princes, although in an unimportant matter. "We wonder if Mr Childers will take the hint that the Duke of Edinburgh i 3 as yet too young to be made an Admiral of ; and if it will occur to Mr Cardwell that Prince Arthur is scarcely up to the duties of MajorGreneralism ? Time will show — probably a very short time, we fear.
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Southland Times, Issue 1208, 11 February 1870, Page 3
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