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To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales,

faction at the union which -you have formed , would , perhaps , be in us an undue pretension . We cannot , however , but be proudly conscious , Sir , that we possess a title beyond what any other class of men can advance to approach you , upon an occasion like the present , with a tender of our particular duty . When Your Royal Hig hness deigned so far to honour the Craft as to accept the trust of presiding over us ,

the " condescension not only authorised but demanded from all and each pf us a peculiar sensibility to whatever mig ht concern your welfare : and the ties of Brotherhood with which you invested yourself in becoming one of our number , entitle us to 'express , without fear of incurring any charge of presumption , the satisfaction we feel at contemplating such an accession to the prospects of the nation * and to those-of your-own felicity .

That the interests . of Your Royal Hig hness and those ofthe British people may ever continue as strictly united as we feel them in this most auspicious occurrence , is the warmest wish of those who hold It the hig hest honour to have your name enrolled in the records . of their Institution .

To the obligations which the Brethren already owe to you , Sir , it will be a material addition if you will render acceptable to your Royal Consort the humble homage pf our veneration , and of our prayers for every possible blessing upon your union . By the unanimous Order of the Grand Lodge ,

L . S . ¦ MOIRA , A . G . M . W * i . WHITE , G . S . '

Essay On Prudence.

ESSAY ON PRUDENCE .

WITH AN ENGRAVING .

PRUDENCE is the art of chusing ; and Johnson defines it to , be ; . Wisdom applied to Practice . A" person is prudent , when among several objects he knows how to distinguish that which merits the preference . Now prudence has a twofold office : it instructs the understanding , and regulates the will ; it determines us in regard to speculative as well as practical maxims . By prudence the mind is kept upon its guard against prejudice and precip itation . Guided by this sage Minerva , she gives , to those dogmas'that are proposed to her , an assent proportioned to their degree

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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY' Article 1
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, Article 1
ESSAY ON PRUDENCE. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE GRAND LODGE OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE FRATERNITY Article 8
THE FREEMASON. No. IV. Article 12
STORY OF URBAIN GRANDIER. Article 16
BASEM; OR, THE BLACKSMITH. AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 23
THOUGHTS ON SLEEP. Article 31
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. Article 32
AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE. Article 37
SUMMARY OF ALL THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST RICHARD BROTHERS. Article 38
ON THE DEPOPULATING INFLUENCE OF WAR. Article 42
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA. Article 43
THE GREEN ASS. Article 44
ACCOUNT OF A CASK IN THE CASTLE OF KONIGSTEIN, Article 45
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF MALTA. Article 46
ON AVARICE. Article 47
THE HANDSOME MAN AND UGLY WIFE : Article 47
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 48
POETRY. Article 56
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF BROTHER JOHN MILLS, COMEDIAN, OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, HULL. Article 57
THE KISS. Article 58
ON DESPAIR. Article 59
TO INDIFFERENCE : A RHAPSODY. Article 59
ODE TO AN ASS, Article 60
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 67
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 68
BANKRUPTS. Article 71
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To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales,

faction at the union which -you have formed , would , perhaps , be in us an undue pretension . We cannot , however , but be proudly conscious , Sir , that we possess a title beyond what any other class of men can advance to approach you , upon an occasion like the present , with a tender of our particular duty . When Your Royal Hig hness deigned so far to honour the Craft as to accept the trust of presiding over us ,

the " condescension not only authorised but demanded from all and each pf us a peculiar sensibility to whatever mig ht concern your welfare : and the ties of Brotherhood with which you invested yourself in becoming one of our number , entitle us to 'express , without fear of incurring any charge of presumption , the satisfaction we feel at contemplating such an accession to the prospects of the nation * and to those-of your-own felicity .

That the interests . of Your Royal Hig hness and those ofthe British people may ever continue as strictly united as we feel them in this most auspicious occurrence , is the warmest wish of those who hold It the hig hest honour to have your name enrolled in the records . of their Institution .

To the obligations which the Brethren already owe to you , Sir , it will be a material addition if you will render acceptable to your Royal Consort the humble homage pf our veneration , and of our prayers for every possible blessing upon your union . By the unanimous Order of the Grand Lodge ,

L . S . ¦ MOIRA , A . G . M . W * i . WHITE , G . S . '

Essay On Prudence.

ESSAY ON PRUDENCE .

WITH AN ENGRAVING .

PRUDENCE is the art of chusing ; and Johnson defines it to , be ; . Wisdom applied to Practice . A" person is prudent , when among several objects he knows how to distinguish that which merits the preference . Now prudence has a twofold office : it instructs the understanding , and regulates the will ; it determines us in regard to speculative as well as practical maxims . By prudence the mind is kept upon its guard against prejudice and precip itation . Guided by this sage Minerva , she gives , to those dogmas'that are proposed to her , an assent proportioned to their degree

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