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To Correspondents.
Bno . JONES should himself write to the Secretary of thc Boys' School , who may not he aware that Earl Ferrers is P . G . M . for Warwickshire , and the Hon . Colonel Anson for Staffordshire . A YOUNG MASTER-MASON . —The excellent lines on Freemasonry in our next . AN ADMIRER OF HORACE WALPOLE . —It is probable that this distinguished man was a . Mason ; among the books purchased at the recent sale at Strawberry-hill , ivere some on Masonic subjects , with his arms and motto , "" Pari quae sentiat , " and the name " Mr . Horatio Walpole . " in particular a Book of Constitutions 1738 , at the end of which was pasted a pointless duggrel
print , with verses in ridicule of theorder . A FRIEND . —Vengeance is not Justice . OXFORD . —Our correspondent ivould have heen more welcome with name and address . TYRO is mistaken . Dr . Crucefix was not at Luton on the 24 th . We refrain from publishing what we do not believe to be true-BELFAST . —The report of the 24 th of June altogether too late .
ARCS MATTERS . A COMPANION . —The majority of ONE on a recent ballot , fortunately decided the feeling to be for , not against Freemasonry , but for this , the Chapter might have been disfranchised for entertaining a question subversive of the sacred principles , " Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . "
TEMPLARS . A TEMPLAR . —To honour the dead is certainly honourable to the living , but propriety should be observed ; we are not aware of any work of the late G . R . that proved his vast abilities , but we do know that his Goth-like opposition to the restoration ofthe "Effigies' * in the Temple Church , proved his total want of taste . A TRUMPETER . —Great News ! Our correspondent requests us to announce that the G . D . C . and the G . P . have expressed an intention to request the G . M . to convoke a Grand Conclave .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . M . —A brother from Scotland , or Ireland , or any foreign part , must , on joining an English Lodge , pay for his registration and certificate , the same amount as if he Uad been initiated in an English Lodge . A MASON . —Wilful disregard of Masonic law can only be looked on as a breach of it ; misconception of the law should be treated with all tenderness ; the difference in opinion between two P . M . 's of a Lodge , and a third on the board of G . P ., had better have been an secret ; on the second point , delicacy should have prevented the member of the Board from giving any
opinion , A GRAND STEWARD . —Read the Constitutions , and act acccordingly . SECRETARY—Is not , as sueh > precluded from the exercise of his general franchise as a member ofthe Lodge , he may originate motions and vote generally . A PROVINCIAL GRAN D OFFICER ,. —The recent act of a P . G . M . may not he a breach of discipline , but the act itself is a breach of Masonic honour , and of good manners . ' * Exquovis ligno not Jit mercurius . "
ASYLUM . BATAVUS . —We appreciate the observations , and have used them . A GRAND OFFICER OF LINCOLN . —The communication conveys very pleasing intelligence , and . we trust is the harbinger of good . It is , we believe in contemplation to move , at the next general meeting of the Asylum , that all possible information and assistance be given to the New Institution when requested ; a truly Masonic contrast with the conduct of the Grand Secretariat , which has invariably refused—discourteously refused—to aged Brethren the infor ? mation to which they were entitled , because they had orders to do so .
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To Correspondents.
Bno . JONES should himself write to the Secretary of thc Boys' School , who may not he aware that Earl Ferrers is P . G . M . for Warwickshire , and the Hon . Colonel Anson for Staffordshire . A YOUNG MASTER-MASON . —The excellent lines on Freemasonry in our next . AN ADMIRER OF HORACE WALPOLE . —It is probable that this distinguished man was a . Mason ; among the books purchased at the recent sale at Strawberry-hill , ivere some on Masonic subjects , with his arms and motto , "" Pari quae sentiat , " and the name " Mr . Horatio Walpole . " in particular a Book of Constitutions 1738 , at the end of which was pasted a pointless duggrel
print , with verses in ridicule of theorder . A FRIEND . —Vengeance is not Justice . OXFORD . —Our correspondent ivould have heen more welcome with name and address . TYRO is mistaken . Dr . Crucefix was not at Luton on the 24 th . We refrain from publishing what we do not believe to be true-BELFAST . —The report of the 24 th of June altogether too late .
ARCS MATTERS . A COMPANION . —The majority of ONE on a recent ballot , fortunately decided the feeling to be for , not against Freemasonry , but for this , the Chapter might have been disfranchised for entertaining a question subversive of the sacred principles , " Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth . "
TEMPLARS . A TEMPLAR . —To honour the dead is certainly honourable to the living , but propriety should be observed ; we are not aware of any work of the late G . R . that proved his vast abilities , but we do know that his Goth-like opposition to the restoration ofthe "Effigies' * in the Temple Church , proved his total want of taste . A TRUMPETER . —Great News ! Our correspondent requests us to announce that the G . D . C . and the G . P . have expressed an intention to request the G . M . to convoke a Grand Conclave .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . P . M . —A brother from Scotland , or Ireland , or any foreign part , must , on joining an English Lodge , pay for his registration and certificate , the same amount as if he Uad been initiated in an English Lodge . A MASON . —Wilful disregard of Masonic law can only be looked on as a breach of it ; misconception of the law should be treated with all tenderness ; the difference in opinion between two P . M . 's of a Lodge , and a third on the board of G . P ., had better have been an secret ; on the second point , delicacy should have prevented the member of the Board from giving any
opinion , A GRAND STEWARD . —Read the Constitutions , and act acccordingly . SECRETARY—Is not , as sueh > precluded from the exercise of his general franchise as a member ofthe Lodge , he may originate motions and vote generally . A PROVINCIAL GRAN D OFFICER ,. —The recent act of a P . G . M . may not he a breach of discipline , but the act itself is a breach of Masonic honour , and of good manners . ' * Exquovis ligno not Jit mercurius . "
ASYLUM . BATAVUS . —We appreciate the observations , and have used them . A GRAND OFFICER OF LINCOLN . —The communication conveys very pleasing intelligence , and . we trust is the harbinger of good . It is , we believe in contemplation to move , at the next general meeting of the Asylum , that all possible information and assistance be given to the New Institution when requested ; a truly Masonic contrast with the conduct of the Grand Secretariat , which has invariably refused—discourteously refused—to aged Brethren the infor ? mation to which they were entitled , because they had orders to do so .