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Answers To Correspondents.
FORWARDS . —Tho letter of our Correspondent is in type , but w-3 have been compelled to omit it on account of the accumulation of more mrportant matter . MANCHESTER . —Private Lodges of Instruction ,, lie . —Our Correspondent will find Ms article under the head of "Provmcial Masonic InteUigence . " _ The immense pressure upon our pages would have compelled the entire omission of the article , had not this course been adopted . The subject , though of general interest , has a particular reference , and thus its position may not be considered out of place .
INDIA . —BENGAL . —A report of the last meeting of the Bengal Grand Lodge is m type , but at the last moment it was found impossible to give it , for the reasons stated m several other instances . FELLOW CRAFT . —Our Correspondent ' s communication , not containing any Scottish intelligence of immediate moment , but cMefly referring to the M . W . the Duke of Atholl ' s visit to London , and advising him to visit the G . L . of England , and other Lodges , to observe "the working , " is omitted on account of want of room . The M . W . the G . M . of Scotland , it will be seen , attended the last Quarterly Communication , and has , we understand , been present at several meetings of private Lodges . We trust that his Grace ' s visit may be of advantage to Scotch Masonry .
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . —J . W . —The fault surely rests with the presiding Officer , who ought to take care that one or two P . M . 's do not constitute the Board , and decide upon every case , as if the whole matter rested in their hands . BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . —P . M . —We can give no reason for tho decided "set" against the worthy Brother , and are at a loss to conceive what he could have done to incur the displeasure of many BretM-en who , but a short time since , were amongst Ms most active supporters .
GIRLS' SCHOOL . —A COUNTRY MASON . —The day fixed , we believe , for the dedication is the 31 st of July . We are totally unacquainted with the arrangements , wMch are , we believe , exclusively in the hands of the House and Building Committees ; neither do we know anything of the ceremony . LIMERICK . —Bro . M . F . —We beg to apologise for the omissions he will perceive as to Irish Masonic InteUigence in the present number , wMch has been unavoidable . Our June number is one of the heaviest in Reports of Metropolitan proceedings , wMeh cannot be either curtailed or excluded .
GRAND FESTIVAL . — "NULLI SECUNDUS . "—Our opinion will be found given "freely and at length" in our leading article . We thoroughly agree with our Correspondent that the disgust must be immense amongst all good and true Masons .
GRAND CHAPTER . —P . Z . —It is usual for those Brethren , who are appointed the Officers of G . L . for the year to hold the appointments here referred to in G . C . Indeed they do so by right of such appointment . TEMPLAR MASONRY . —Sir Kt . B . —The Grand Conclave meets but once a year , unless specially summoned on urgent business by the M . E . the G . S . C . The meeting is generally held about Easter-tide .
33 RD DEGREE . •—¦ W . —The number is restricted to NINE . We cannot say , not being one of the exXfiroi , whether the illustrious member habitually absents himself from all Convocations . If he does so , we should not think it difficult to fill up his place by one more alive to the interests of the "Mgh Degrees . " ROSE CROIX . —PELICAN . — The degree is given four times a year , and is always most efficiently performed . We beg to acknowledge the receipt of " The Temple , " " The Freemasonss ' MontMy Magazine , " "Masonic Herald , " "Freemasons' Herald" ( America ) , "La Vraie Lumiere" ( France ) , & c . & c .
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Answers To Correspondents.
FORWARDS . —Tho letter of our Correspondent is in type , but w-3 have been compelled to omit it on account of the accumulation of more mrportant matter . MANCHESTER . —Private Lodges of Instruction ,, lie . —Our Correspondent will find Ms article under the head of "Provmcial Masonic InteUigence . " _ The immense pressure upon our pages would have compelled the entire omission of the article , had not this course been adopted . The subject , though of general interest , has a particular reference , and thus its position may not be considered out of place .
INDIA . —BENGAL . —A report of the last meeting of the Bengal Grand Lodge is m type , but at the last moment it was found impossible to give it , for the reasons stated m several other instances . FELLOW CRAFT . —Our Correspondent ' s communication , not containing any Scottish intelligence of immediate moment , but cMefly referring to the M . W . the Duke of Atholl ' s visit to London , and advising him to visit the G . L . of England , and other Lodges , to observe "the working , " is omitted on account of want of room . The M . W . the G . M . of Scotland , it will be seen , attended the last Quarterly Communication , and has , we understand , been present at several meetings of private Lodges . We trust that his Grace ' s visit may be of advantage to Scotch Masonry .
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . —J . W . —The fault surely rests with the presiding Officer , who ought to take care that one or two P . M . 's do not constitute the Board , and decide upon every case , as if the whole matter rested in their hands . BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . —P . M . —We can give no reason for tho decided "set" against the worthy Brother , and are at a loss to conceive what he could have done to incur the displeasure of many BretM-en who , but a short time since , were amongst Ms most active supporters .
GIRLS' SCHOOL . —A COUNTRY MASON . —The day fixed , we believe , for the dedication is the 31 st of July . We are totally unacquainted with the arrangements , wMch are , we believe , exclusively in the hands of the House and Building Committees ; neither do we know anything of the ceremony . LIMERICK . —Bro . M . F . —We beg to apologise for the omissions he will perceive as to Irish Masonic InteUigence in the present number , wMch has been unavoidable . Our June number is one of the heaviest in Reports of Metropolitan proceedings , wMeh cannot be either curtailed or excluded .
GRAND FESTIVAL . — "NULLI SECUNDUS . "—Our opinion will be found given "freely and at length" in our leading article . We thoroughly agree with our Correspondent that the disgust must be immense amongst all good and true Masons .
GRAND CHAPTER . —P . Z . —It is usual for those Brethren , who are appointed the Officers of G . L . for the year to hold the appointments here referred to in G . C . Indeed they do so by right of such appointment . TEMPLAR MASONRY . —Sir Kt . B . —The Grand Conclave meets but once a year , unless specially summoned on urgent business by the M . E . the G . S . C . The meeting is generally held about Easter-tide .
33 RD DEGREE . •—¦ W . —The number is restricted to NINE . We cannot say , not being one of the exXfiroi , whether the illustrious member habitually absents himself from all Convocations . If he does so , we should not think it difficult to fill up his place by one more alive to the interests of the "Mgh Degrees . " ROSE CROIX . —PELICAN . — The degree is given four times a year , and is always most efficiently performed . We beg to acknowledge the receipt of " The Temple , " " The Freemasonss ' MontMy Magazine , " "Masonic Herald , " "Freemasons' Herald" ( America ) , "La Vraie Lumiere" ( France ) , & c . & c .