To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

3 hat Editors are like the old man in the fable , who could not please everybody whether he ^ rode or carried his ass , has long been proverbial , and we do not expect to he more fortunate in that respect than others . Whilst , however , we act independently and courteously towards the brethren , ice expect some degree of indulgence and courtesy from them—and at all events , low ribaldry will not cause us to pause in performing what we believe to be our duty towards the Craft . We could scarcely have conceived it possible , in answer to our temperate remarks in our last , for any brother to have penned the following , which we print verbatim el literatim : —

s King Street , Devonport , Apt . Sur , " i see sum ftile as a bene a riting to yu ahowte our loge i think he had best min It ' s on business and u : ele min ours sum peepl his only Eny us of our making six in a night anduther loges not doing notion , i dont think you can be a 100 mils from a yousself for pitting such , trash in yuor buk . "—John Bite . Did the Lodge obtain ihe necessary dispensation for making six in aue night ? We hope we shall receive some explanation of themode ofworking in the Jjodge alluded to , from a brother

mare worthy of attention than one , who has evidently disguised his real name as well as his style and writing . J . B . JF ., PLYMOUTH . —The Lodge of Prudent Brethren , Freemasons Tavern , or the Domatic Lodge , Br . Ireland's , Falcon Tavern , Fetter Lane . Br . Hewlett is W . M . of the first named Lodge , and Br , T . A . Adams , the second . Let your friend put himself into communication with tin ! Editor of the " Mirror . " W . C , EXETER . — We shall have great pleasure in hearing from AV . C . as often as tie can make it convenient .

Box ACCOKDLODGE OF M .-IEK MASONS . —A Mason , high in official position in Scotland , thus writes : — " 1 perceive you are working away at the Mark Mason Degree . It is purel y illegal . The Bon Accord Chapter of Aberdeen , had no power to grant the warrant in any way . " The Lodge does not hold its Charter from the Grand Lodge or Chapter of Scotland , as has been slated—and we have long suspected , the Aberdeen Chapter had no more power to grunt it , than has any private Lodge in England to delegate its power to others . The above extract of a private letter . upon the subject fully confirms our

suspicious . B . R . N . DEWSBURV . —Our last number was ready for delivery to the trade ,, at 11 o ' clock of the morning of Saturday , March 31 . We have never been so late as the 2 nd in publishing . If your present bookseller cannot supply you before ihe 17 th or 18 //» we should feel obliged by your trying another . The" Mirror" ought to be served in Dewsbury by the 2 nd at the latest . W . II . BLACKBURN is thanked . We shall al alltimes be glad to hear from him . MASOVIC CLOTHING . —A correspondentfor ivhom we hace thehihesl esteemwrites : — " In

, g , the Bristol Lodges , ihe brethren are allowed to wear a very highly ornamented Craft apron entirely at variance with the Constitution . Half an inch from the sides of , and bottom , is a sort of silver lace-work ; above the blue ribbon , an inch of the same material ; and half an inch of the Same round the bib , or fall . " We should like to be informed how the introduction of this frippery lias been tolerated . It has been hinted to -us that it originated with the desire of one or more Tylers to increase their own gains by adding to the expense of the clothing . If so , not only has the constitutional rule for obtaining

uniformity in clothing been violated , but a gross injustice inflicted on the brethren , who ought ( especially whilst new lo the Craft , and they may be supposed not to know what is exactly in accordance willi the constitutions of the Order ) to be protected from wrong . It is the duty of the Pl . G . M ., or his deputy , to see that the rules laid damn in the Book of Constilu-. tionsare observed in the Lodges within his jurisdiction . We have repeated complaints of numbers of the "Masonic Mirror" sent through the Post Office not being delivered , and , sooth to say , it imposes a heavy tax upon us in making

them good , as well as causing grievous disappointment lo our subscribers . This month , to , we have had more than one complaint of one shilling postage being demanded , on the ground of over weight . The more especially we are informed that the authorities at Liverpool charged one shilling for a number for being more than 2 ozs . in wei ght , whereas , the weight allowed under the regulations of the General Post Office is 3 ozs . We should like some explanation of lhis . _ Is our Correspondent sure he had . not written anything upon the Mirror beyond the direction to whichhe sent it , because , if he had , that would render it liable

to postage . We trust before we next greet our brethren , the New Newspaper Stamp Act will have passed , when there will be no farther difficulty regarding the weight , ivhich we forward through the Post Office , we having from our first number been registered and given the securities required from Newspaper proprietors .