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To Correspondents.
A GRAND STEWARD . —We do not know who is the Editor of the Circulars of the Grand Lodge of England ; all we do know is , that those circulars arc often incorrect . The names of the Grand Stewards are sometimes called over , and this is termed presentation . The last actual presentation took place at the Grand Festival in 1833 , A FATHER . —We do not consider the concern safe—to say more might submit truth to an action for a libel . The proper name For the trash is " noli me tangere . " A . LEWIS . —The P . G . M . has not lately received any Masonic advices from his province . The report that a P . G . Lodge is actuallv about to be holden in New Eldorado , Sumatra , when a D . G M . and a brilliant Masonic Staff is lo be appointed , must be a hoax ; there being , as we credibly believe , no such town or city within the extensive range of the R . W . Brother's Masonic it will be
authority . If * Lewis" will favour us by any intelligence acceptable . The R . W . Brother is not likely to depart very speedily for the seat of his Masonic jurisdiction ; A GOVKRNOR OF THE GIRLS * SCHOOL requires an impossibility . The Governor alluded to cannot restrain his feelings . A DUPE inquires' why certain names have been ivithdrawn ?—we cannot answer . PILGRIM . —Our best thanks are due for continued kindness and confidence . Bno . TAIT ' obliging letter came too late . ( March 170 MASONICUS . —Why complain ?—you were warned by our opinion . A SimscRinER—Take a casein point . —A charge was brought for having acted UN > Masnnically at the last Lodge ; votes were equal > that of the Master decided against the accused . The charge certainly was vague—the Board decided in favour of the Lodge . Our opinion is ,
that such cases should not be made public ; they serve to bring the Order into contempt . The charge stated by a Subscriber is altogether vague and unsatisfactory . AN OLD MASON . —The Grand Master has no constitutional power to disburse the funds of the Grand Lodge . Bao . HEWITT , — We regret that awful word " private , " which prevents our doing justice to some excellent remarks . A MASON IN HEART is surprised at our remarks on a Brother , in our extra-Iimitesof Dec-, 1837 * All we can say is , that at the time , we did not sufficiently know the party . HINT . —The " Britannic , 38 , " was never posted , neither the "Alpha" as such , The first , once a brilliant scene of glory untarnished , became silent as the tomb for very many years . From respect to the memory of the late beloved Marquis of Hastings , it was thought to have
hermetically sealed its transactions , not having met since that noble Brother's departure for India in 1813 . Its sanctuary , however , has lately been surrendered to new rulers . Thesecond is a pocket vade-mecum of the Grand . Master . A PROVINCIAL GUANO MASTER . —We agree that a Grand Lodge should have been convened as a mark of respect to the King of Prussia , on his visit to England . A GREENOCK BROTHER . —We are obliged by the letter , and have complied with the request . BRO . DR . STEPHENSON . —The newspaper came to hand , by which we assume our friend is well ; but is he aware that the said paper did not contain a scrap of Masonic intelligence ? BRO . J . G . DRN BOURMEESTER , M . D . —We acknowledge the friendly letter : the poetry is unavoidably postponed .
ARGUS is a misnomer ; he should see at least round a corner . Bro . Nash has been , in Birmingham , Wolverhampton , and Stafford ; where he is now this deponent knoweth not . TUBAL is right—our reporter wrong . Dr . Oliver never mentioned " The Fancy Ball of Caledonia ; " his words were , "Whether we consider the Masonic Vice-Regal Fetes of Dublin , the Masonic Fancy Ball of Cork , or the Scottish processions by torch-light , we are greatly impressed with the idea , that our Brethren in Scotland and Ireland are actively alive to the best interests of Masonry , anxious' to make it respected h y the community at large , and subservient to the great moral purposes which it is designed to produce amongst all ranks and conditions of men . " AN ATHOL MASON appears to know more than we do of the contemplated new project for a Masonic Literary Institution ; but ' the publication of his letter would not gratify our
readers . . A MASON inquires the reason that the natal day of H . R . H . the Grand Master has not been celebrated this year by the usual public festival ? it is the ordy interruption since 1813 . " To ISIDORE" in our next . . BRO . CLAPHAM is as welcome to an ell as an inch , provided lie be in time : the department for his contribution was worked offbefore his letter reached us . A GOVERNOR OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . —We decline to insert his letter , as its publication might affect the interests of a very deserving Brother . BRO . WATT requests us to state , that Bro . Geo . Aaron ' s has removed to 20 , Kirby Street , Hatton Garden , where he continues to give Masonic instruction . ¦ AN ISRAELITE . —We decline the subject at present . Whether the party be innocent or
guilty , delay of justice becomes injustice . ZADKIEL . —The 18 Lodges on the 17 th , and St . Patrick into the bargain , probably remembered the change from old to new stvle . Dr . Dee , according to Zadkiel , predicted the i 7 £ h old style , not the 29 th new style ; which latter falling Easter Tuesday , and only one Lodge's meeting , London may probably be out of town on that day , and be safely left m charge of the earthquake . The three Lodges should , however , keep their weather eye up . A . P . M . B . G . P . —The account of a recent sale of Masonic books is curious , and brings to lightsome characteristics of the "Committee" ministerial but not legislative . They seem to have yielded to many frivolous suggestions of one not in actual authority ; whose name , at first cunningly introduced into the sanctum , was afterwards erased , as was a sentence , stating the jewels of No . 2 to be golden or gilt , to commemorate the fact of H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex having presided Master of that Lodge for twenty-five years . It appears that orders had been given ' to buy in the F . Q R . seven vols ., and also three numbers for 1341 , because tlie latter contained very elaborate remarks ; this order got wind , and so brisk was the bidding by a waggish Brother , who meant that the " ' whistle" should not go cheap , that he nearly managed to get it knocked down to himself ; hy escaped , however , the payment of
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To Correspondents.
A GRAND STEWARD . —We do not know who is the Editor of the Circulars of the Grand Lodge of England ; all we do know is , that those circulars arc often incorrect . The names of the Grand Stewards are sometimes called over , and this is termed presentation . The last actual presentation took place at the Grand Festival in 1833 , A FATHER . —We do not consider the concern safe—to say more might submit truth to an action for a libel . The proper name For the trash is " noli me tangere . " A . LEWIS . —The P . G . M . has not lately received any Masonic advices from his province . The report that a P . G . Lodge is actuallv about to be holden in New Eldorado , Sumatra , when a D . G M . and a brilliant Masonic Staff is lo be appointed , must be a hoax ; there being , as we credibly believe , no such town or city within the extensive range of the R . W . Brother's Masonic it will be
authority . If * Lewis" will favour us by any intelligence acceptable . The R . W . Brother is not likely to depart very speedily for the seat of his Masonic jurisdiction ; A GOVKRNOR OF THE GIRLS * SCHOOL requires an impossibility . The Governor alluded to cannot restrain his feelings . A DUPE inquires' why certain names have been ivithdrawn ?—we cannot answer . PILGRIM . —Our best thanks are due for continued kindness and confidence . Bno . TAIT ' obliging letter came too late . ( March 170 MASONICUS . —Why complain ?—you were warned by our opinion . A SimscRinER—Take a casein point . —A charge was brought for having acted UN > Masnnically at the last Lodge ; votes were equal > that of the Master decided against the accused . The charge certainly was vague—the Board decided in favour of the Lodge . Our opinion is ,
that such cases should not be made public ; they serve to bring the Order into contempt . The charge stated by a Subscriber is altogether vague and unsatisfactory . AN OLD MASON . —The Grand Master has no constitutional power to disburse the funds of the Grand Lodge . Bao . HEWITT , — We regret that awful word " private , " which prevents our doing justice to some excellent remarks . A MASON IN HEART is surprised at our remarks on a Brother , in our extra-Iimitesof Dec-, 1837 * All we can say is , that at the time , we did not sufficiently know the party . HINT . —The " Britannic , 38 , " was never posted , neither the "Alpha" as such , The first , once a brilliant scene of glory untarnished , became silent as the tomb for very many years . From respect to the memory of the late beloved Marquis of Hastings , it was thought to have
hermetically sealed its transactions , not having met since that noble Brother's departure for India in 1813 . Its sanctuary , however , has lately been surrendered to new rulers . Thesecond is a pocket vade-mecum of the Grand . Master . A PROVINCIAL GUANO MASTER . —We agree that a Grand Lodge should have been convened as a mark of respect to the King of Prussia , on his visit to England . A GREENOCK BROTHER . —We are obliged by the letter , and have complied with the request . BRO . DR . STEPHENSON . —The newspaper came to hand , by which we assume our friend is well ; but is he aware that the said paper did not contain a scrap of Masonic intelligence ? BRO . J . G . DRN BOURMEESTER , M . D . —We acknowledge the friendly letter : the poetry is unavoidably postponed .
ARGUS is a misnomer ; he should see at least round a corner . Bro . Nash has been , in Birmingham , Wolverhampton , and Stafford ; where he is now this deponent knoweth not . TUBAL is right—our reporter wrong . Dr . Oliver never mentioned " The Fancy Ball of Caledonia ; " his words were , "Whether we consider the Masonic Vice-Regal Fetes of Dublin , the Masonic Fancy Ball of Cork , or the Scottish processions by torch-light , we are greatly impressed with the idea , that our Brethren in Scotland and Ireland are actively alive to the best interests of Masonry , anxious' to make it respected h y the community at large , and subservient to the great moral purposes which it is designed to produce amongst all ranks and conditions of men . " AN ATHOL MASON appears to know more than we do of the contemplated new project for a Masonic Literary Institution ; but ' the publication of his letter would not gratify our
readers . . A MASON inquires the reason that the natal day of H . R . H . the Grand Master has not been celebrated this year by the usual public festival ? it is the ordy interruption since 1813 . " To ISIDORE" in our next . . BRO . CLAPHAM is as welcome to an ell as an inch , provided lie be in time : the department for his contribution was worked offbefore his letter reached us . A GOVERNOR OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . —We decline to insert his letter , as its publication might affect the interests of a very deserving Brother . BRO . WATT requests us to state , that Bro . Geo . Aaron ' s has removed to 20 , Kirby Street , Hatton Garden , where he continues to give Masonic instruction . ¦ AN ISRAELITE . —We decline the subject at present . Whether the party be innocent or
guilty , delay of justice becomes injustice . ZADKIEL . —The 18 Lodges on the 17 th , and St . Patrick into the bargain , probably remembered the change from old to new stvle . Dr . Dee , according to Zadkiel , predicted the i 7 £ h old style , not the 29 th new style ; which latter falling Easter Tuesday , and only one Lodge's meeting , London may probably be out of town on that day , and be safely left m charge of the earthquake . The three Lodges should , however , keep their weather eye up . A . P . M . B . G . P . —The account of a recent sale of Masonic books is curious , and brings to lightsome characteristics of the "Committee" ministerial but not legislative . They seem to have yielded to many frivolous suggestions of one not in actual authority ; whose name , at first cunningly introduced into the sanctum , was afterwards erased , as was a sentence , stating the jewels of No . 2 to be golden or gilt , to commemorate the fact of H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex having presided Master of that Lodge for twenty-five years . It appears that orders had been given ' to buy in the F . Q R . seven vols ., and also three numbers for 1341 , because tlie latter contained very elaborate remarks ; this order got wind , and so brisk was the bidding by a waggish Brother , who meant that the " ' whistle" should not go cheap , that he nearly managed to get it knocked down to himself ; hy escaped , however , the payment of