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Notices To Correspondents.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS .
THE EDITOR requests that all original articles for approval , and for which remuneration is expected , may be sent to him at 74 , 75 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-Inn Fields , by the first weeks in the months of FEBRUARY , MAY , AUGUST , and NOA'ESIBEK ; all Correspondence and Masonic Intelligence must be transmitted by the tenth day of MARCH , JUNE , SEPTEMBER , and DECEMBER , at latest , to insure its insertion . The attention of Contributors is earnestly requested to these
directions , who are also desired to retain copies of their MSS ., as the Editor does not undertake to return , or be accountable for any , which are sent to him for perusal or approval .
THE following singular query appears in the " Notes and Queries " for June 10 th , the No . 241 , page 542 . Can any Brother throw any light upon the subject ? FREEMASOMHY . —A ( Hamburg ) paper , Der Freischiitz , brings in its No . 27 the following : — "The Great English Lodge of this town will initiate in a few days two deaf and dumb persons ; a very rare occurrence . " And says farther in No . 31 : —
" With reference to our notice in No . 27 , we further learned that on the 4 th of March , two Brethren , one of them deaf and dumb , have been initiated in the great English Lodge ; the knowledge of the language , without its pronunciation , has been cultivated by them to a remarkable degree , so that with noting the motion of the lips they do not miss a single word . The ceremony ot initiation Avas the most affecting for all present . " Query 1 . " Would deaf and dumb persons in England be eligible as members of the Order ? 2 . " Have similar cases to the above ever occurred in this country ? " J . W . S . D ., 874 . "
GRAND FESTIVAL . —The cause of the change of days will be found sufficiently explained in the report of the proceedings of the G . L . of the 26 th April . From the proceedings of that day , it will be apparent , that , should any circumstances occur to prevent a Lodge from meeting on its regular day , it is necessary to summon the Brethren for that day , and adjourn over to a future day for the despatch of Masonic business .
LODGE or CANDOUR . —SADDLE WORTH . —C . L . —The speech of the worthy Brother was both erudite aud eloquent ; but it would not be judicious to report it . It is only suitable to the occasion , when it was delivered . We will return the MS ., if informed how , and to whom it is to be transmitted . FAUBOURG ST . HONORE , PARIS . —E . W . —We shall be glad to open communications with you , and to accept your propositions as to agency . If the MS . be submitted to us , you shall have a candid reply , and every consideration . "History , Nature , and Objects of Masonry , " by JAMES MILLER . —We can recommend this work to the Brethren as containing much useful and valuable information . It is published by J . C , Kastner , London and Glasgow , and is also sold by Bro . Spencer , 314 , High Holborn .
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Notices To Correspondents.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS .
THE EDITOR requests that all original articles for approval , and for which remuneration is expected , may be sent to him at 74 , 75 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-Inn Fields , by the first weeks in the months of FEBRUARY , MAY , AUGUST , and NOA'ESIBEK ; all Correspondence and Masonic Intelligence must be transmitted by the tenth day of MARCH , JUNE , SEPTEMBER , and DECEMBER , at latest , to insure its insertion . The attention of Contributors is earnestly requested to these
directions , who are also desired to retain copies of their MSS ., as the Editor does not undertake to return , or be accountable for any , which are sent to him for perusal or approval .
THE following singular query appears in the " Notes and Queries " for June 10 th , the No . 241 , page 542 . Can any Brother throw any light upon the subject ? FREEMASOMHY . —A ( Hamburg ) paper , Der Freischiitz , brings in its No . 27 the following : — "The Great English Lodge of this town will initiate in a few days two deaf and dumb persons ; a very rare occurrence . " And says farther in No . 31 : —
" With reference to our notice in No . 27 , we further learned that on the 4 th of March , two Brethren , one of them deaf and dumb , have been initiated in the great English Lodge ; the knowledge of the language , without its pronunciation , has been cultivated by them to a remarkable degree , so that with noting the motion of the lips they do not miss a single word . The ceremony ot initiation Avas the most affecting for all present . " Query 1 . " Would deaf and dumb persons in England be eligible as members of the Order ? 2 . " Have similar cases to the above ever occurred in this country ? " J . W . S . D ., 874 . "
GRAND FESTIVAL . —The cause of the change of days will be found sufficiently explained in the report of the proceedings of the G . L . of the 26 th April . From the proceedings of that day , it will be apparent , that , should any circumstances occur to prevent a Lodge from meeting on its regular day , it is necessary to summon the Brethren for that day , and adjourn over to a future day for the despatch of Masonic business .
LODGE or CANDOUR . —SADDLE WORTH . —C . L . —The speech of the worthy Brother was both erudite aud eloquent ; but it would not be judicious to report it . It is only suitable to the occasion , when it was delivered . We will return the MS ., if informed how , and to whom it is to be transmitted . FAUBOURG ST . HONORE , PARIS . —E . W . —We shall be glad to open communications with you , and to accept your propositions as to agency . If the MS . be submitted to us , you shall have a candid reply , and every consideration . "History , Nature , and Objects of Masonry , " by JAMES MILLER . —We can recommend this work to the Brethren as containing much useful and valuable information . It is published by J . C , Kastner , London and Glasgow , and is also sold by Bro . Spencer , 314 , High Holborn .