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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
PETER BLUNT . —The address is wanting . The request reached us too late ( 20 th June ); in our next Ave hope to oblige P . B . A COLLECTOR OF PAPERS . —Apply to Bro . Spencer , who lias , we believe , on sale both the ** Funeral Oration , " delivered before the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the death of the late M . W . G . M ., and the ' * Form of Service" delivered at the Lodges of Israel and Joppa , on tho same lamented occasion . A MASON . —It is true that the lady paid the fees for her husband ' s initiation ; but Ave only view that circumstance as a compliment to the order , even if the cause be as stated . AN INSURED ( misnomer ) may feel assured that lie was in the hands of a "Diddlesex " affair ; and , notwithstanding tlie symptoms of " libel law , " Ave say , while thankful for the escape , ' * Beware . " rather the
LYNX must give better reasons for demand ingMie name of the author , or compiler of the " Annals of the Grand Lodge . " Have we permission to give the party in question the name and address of our correspondent ? ANTI-JUDAS . —As the circumstances are now altogether changed , we decline the office of * ' Castigator . " A MODERN Inquires Avhether the Bro . Farnfield , a tutor to the Boys in 1012 , is the present clerk of that name in the office of the Grand Secretary ?—We should think not . TYRO . —We cannot promise to reprint the ' * Transactions of the Grand Lodge for 1040 " as a separate pamphJet ; the expenses ivould exceed £ 50 . They will , however , be found pretty correctly reported in Nos . 26 , 2 ? , 28 . BROCASWELL—We look for the promised correspondence
. . . DKLICACY . —The letter cannot Avell be inserted , as its import may be misunderstood ; but we do most strenuously advise a- certain elderly man not to allow Ins feelings to outstrip his judgment ; a repetition of the indecorum will call down upon him the severest admonition . ' * Be advised" —Shakspeare . CHRONOS . —The time approaches . A concise account of the period of the " Union" will be acceptable to our readers . Our own materials are under arrangement , and Ave shall be glad to receive communications on the subject . ANTIQUITAS . —The paper relative to the late Bro . Preston is valuable , but some dates are wanting . DrALOGUES OF THE DKAD . —The idea is not new to us ; but the time is not come . Some
year or two hence , and the " Dialogues of the Dead" may be of vital importance to the living . The " Meeting in Elysium " is good , and the " Side views" have wit and humour . The doubling of Charon ' s duties is unnecessary ; he should not be director of ceremonies , as Avell as ferryman . Furthermore , the late Editor is not defunct , and his introduction into Tartarus exceeds even a poet ' s license . Bno . GOODWYN , " On the Knowledge of Freemasonry by the Druids , " is unavoidably postponed until our next . A BIRMINGHAM MASOX . —We are not in the secret of the history of Freemasonry in Birmingham from 1722 to 1840 , which , however , we shall be glad to see in print . PILGRIM . —Being insatiate , Ave are always in Avant . Yourcontributionsare always welcome . BRO . SKELTON , J . B ., ROBIN HOOD , A PAST MASTER , BRO . COLLINS , K . C , all articles
of poetic merit on the death of the Grand Master ,, are of necessity declined for want of room . M . M . ( Birmingham . )— The slander , although dated arid posted from your town , was , vre have no doubt , prin ted elsewhere There is but one English Mason wicked enough to pen , and but oue English printer wicked enough to print , such a paper ; in tlie present case , we exempt even them . BRO . CUMMINGS . —The obliging copimunicatiori has been attended to . BRO . DAVID MARTIN ' wishes shall be cheerfully complied with . A CONSTANT READER . —The Times gave a very proper reply to the request of " A Correspondent , " for a laudatory column of ( to all but himself ) most uninteresting matter . TRUTH . —The " crow to pick" turned out nil * A SUBSCRIBER . —It is probable that the lengthy paper Avas not actually written by the party
himself ; but no one else could have suggested it ; and although patiently read ( certainly not entirely ) at the meeting , the reader very considerably modified the expression . DUIUTAS . —It Avasa little late to publish in JuneAvhat took place in the middle of May , and country friends are sometimes cajoled by these tricks . On this matter we may remark hereafter . A GRAND OFFICER complains that AVC do not publish the entire letter relating to the intention of the late Grand Master to attend tbe festival ; it was not necessary . BRO . ABRAHAMS is requested to correspond with our publisher . BRO . HERRING , ( New York ) . —We hope the parcel sent by Bro ; Captain Chadwick has reached its destination . '
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A LEGIST . —It was about five years since ruled by the Board of General Purposes , that a resignation once tendered is final ; still the matter admits of qualification , which , however , wc prefer to write privately than to state publicly . A PAST MASTER . —The Constitutions do not preclude a member of the Board from informing .
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
PETER BLUNT . —The address is wanting . The request reached us too late ( 20 th June ); in our next Ave hope to oblige P . B . A COLLECTOR OF PAPERS . —Apply to Bro . Spencer , who lias , we believe , on sale both the ** Funeral Oration , " delivered before the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on the death of the late M . W . G . M ., and the ' * Form of Service" delivered at the Lodges of Israel and Joppa , on tho same lamented occasion . A MASON . —It is true that the lady paid the fees for her husband ' s initiation ; but Ave only view that circumstance as a compliment to the order , even if the cause be as stated . AN INSURED ( misnomer ) may feel assured that lie was in the hands of a "Diddlesex " affair ; and , notwithstanding tlie symptoms of " libel law , " Ave say , while thankful for the escape , ' * Beware . " rather the
LYNX must give better reasons for demand ingMie name of the author , or compiler of the " Annals of the Grand Lodge . " Have we permission to give the party in question the name and address of our correspondent ? ANTI-JUDAS . —As the circumstances are now altogether changed , we decline the office of * ' Castigator . " A MODERN Inquires Avhether the Bro . Farnfield , a tutor to the Boys in 1012 , is the present clerk of that name in the office of the Grand Secretary ?—We should think not . TYRO . —We cannot promise to reprint the ' * Transactions of the Grand Lodge for 1040 " as a separate pamphJet ; the expenses ivould exceed £ 50 . They will , however , be found pretty correctly reported in Nos . 26 , 2 ? , 28 . BROCASWELL—We look for the promised correspondence
. . . DKLICACY . —The letter cannot Avell be inserted , as its import may be misunderstood ; but we do most strenuously advise a- certain elderly man not to allow Ins feelings to outstrip his judgment ; a repetition of the indecorum will call down upon him the severest admonition . ' * Be advised" —Shakspeare . CHRONOS . —The time approaches . A concise account of the period of the " Union" will be acceptable to our readers . Our own materials are under arrangement , and Ave shall be glad to receive communications on the subject . ANTIQUITAS . —The paper relative to the late Bro . Preston is valuable , but some dates are wanting . DrALOGUES OF THE DKAD . —The idea is not new to us ; but the time is not come . Some
year or two hence , and the " Dialogues of the Dead" may be of vital importance to the living . The " Meeting in Elysium " is good , and the " Side views" have wit and humour . The doubling of Charon ' s duties is unnecessary ; he should not be director of ceremonies , as Avell as ferryman . Furthermore , the late Editor is not defunct , and his introduction into Tartarus exceeds even a poet ' s license . Bno . GOODWYN , " On the Knowledge of Freemasonry by the Druids , " is unavoidably postponed until our next . A BIRMINGHAM MASOX . —We are not in the secret of the history of Freemasonry in Birmingham from 1722 to 1840 , which , however , we shall be glad to see in print . PILGRIM . —Being insatiate , Ave are always in Avant . Yourcontributionsare always welcome . BRO . SKELTON , J . B ., ROBIN HOOD , A PAST MASTER , BRO . COLLINS , K . C , all articles
of poetic merit on the death of the Grand Master ,, are of necessity declined for want of room . M . M . ( Birmingham . )— The slander , although dated arid posted from your town , was , vre have no doubt , prin ted elsewhere There is but one English Mason wicked enough to pen , and but oue English printer wicked enough to print , such a paper ; in tlie present case , we exempt even them . BRO . CUMMINGS . —The obliging copimunicatiori has been attended to . BRO . DAVID MARTIN ' wishes shall be cheerfully complied with . A CONSTANT READER . —The Times gave a very proper reply to the request of " A Correspondent , " for a laudatory column of ( to all but himself ) most uninteresting matter . TRUTH . —The " crow to pick" turned out nil * A SUBSCRIBER . —It is probable that the lengthy paper Avas not actually written by the party
himself ; but no one else could have suggested it ; and although patiently read ( certainly not entirely ) at the meeting , the reader very considerably modified the expression . DUIUTAS . —It Avasa little late to publish in JuneAvhat took place in the middle of May , and country friends are sometimes cajoled by these tricks . On this matter we may remark hereafter . A GRAND OFFICER complains that AVC do not publish the entire letter relating to the intention of the late Grand Master to attend tbe festival ; it was not necessary . BRO . ABRAHAMS is requested to correspond with our publisher . BRO . HERRING , ( New York ) . —We hope the parcel sent by Bro ; Captain Chadwick has reached its destination . '
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A LEGIST . —It was about five years since ruled by the Board of General Purposes , that a resignation once tendered is final ; still the matter admits of qualification , which , however , wc prefer to write privately than to state publicly . A PAST MASTER . —The Constitutions do not preclude a member of the Board from informing .