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Foreign.
Bro . Dr . Burns will shortly proceed to India , on his professional employment . He will be found a useful coadjutor to Major Macdonald , and we refer such of our Brethren in the East , as may be anxious to cultivate the acquaintance of an accomplished Mason , to profit by the opportunity . Lord Elpliinstone , who is about to proceed to Madras as Governor , having been raised to the degree of Master Mason in the Lodge of
Friendship , No . 6 , has given great earnest of Masonic promise , antl will , we are confident , use the means of promulgating our tenets in the extensive scene over which he is called upon to preside . AVe congratulate the Madras Masons and the community , on the appointment of this distinguished nobleman . AVe have to acknowledge the receipt of Two Pounds from the Lodge No . 293 , Prince AV ales' Island , per Bro . E . Harper , Grand Secretary , which we have applied very gratefully to the Funds of the Agetl Masons' Asylum .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
WE understand from our publishers , that in consequence of our directions they have declined to receive several unpaid letters . It having been represented that some difficulty occurs in supplying this Review , AVO beg to observe that Messrs . Sherwood and Mr . Churchill are most kindly attentive ,, and that the difficulty must arise from the indifference of some Bookseller , who may not have liberality enough to be candid . G . II . —The information is thankfully receiveci , and Ave hope he has been attended to . Sin CVJTHJJBRT SHARP . —We gratefully acknowledge the copy of' Freemasonry in Durham . ' The sketch is honourable to the province , and the example might be followed with
advantage in other quarters . BRO . TAIT . —It would have caused much inconvenience and delay to send proofs ; but we hope to have satisfied our kind friend . The tale from " unpublished sketches" is omitted , for the reason ( if AVC understand our correspondent rightly ) that it will appear in another form very shortly ; its publication , therefore by us , might affect the author's interests . Our publishers bave no objection to their names appearing in the prospectus . Thanks for the past and present favours , as well as for the promised continuance of an interesting correspondence . G . L . ( Lancashire . )—We presume G . L . writes merely at random . His assertion that a country member seldom or never gets more than 51 is altogether incorrcetWe have seen
, . money lavished upon country petitions with a liberality tliat appears unknown to G . L , and many others , who appear to have little acquaintance with the anxiety at head-quarters to apply faithfully , although it should be understood they receive very scantily from many provinces . One of the leading abuses that we hope will bo remedied , is the disregard which many country Lodges observe in their dues , which are often held back for several years ; in some instances they are never offered but when they are accompanied by a petition for relief of a member . G . L . should also bear in mind , that country Lodges only pay half dues . Can they in common honesty be entitled to double relief ?
BRO . G . W . TURN EH . —We are obliged by his mark of confidence , and shall be happy to avail ourselves hereafter of the opportunity to extract from his interesting MSS . Bno . II . PHILLIPS . —We hope to have done justice to his kind contribution . A . L . —The article is only admissible in some medical periodical , although we venture to hint that it will require a careful revision before it can be accepted any where . BRO . GOODWYN , 327 * will find we haA'e endeavoured to restore ourselves to his good opinion . PROKITAS . —The signature does not accord with the article , which we reject , for the simple reason that upon every point it is incorrect . A PROVINCIAL BRO . —The Editor has addressed the Lodin full the various subjects
ge upon submitted to him . If the Brother has not been apprized , let him inquire the reason of the Secretary , who has , by order of the Lodge , written a complimentary letter to the Editor . A . COU . I-. CTOR OP MASONIC SCRAPS will perceive we have availed ourselves of his contribution . Why not favour us with his name?—we have reasons for desiring it . A MATTER OF FACT . —Our friend is right—Mutato nomine de TE , & c . < S _ c . Bno . TAVLOR—His communication came too late for its full insertion . He will find it somewhat abbiuviated . M— Dr . Crucefix was long since elected an honorary member of Lodge 100 , Dublin .
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Foreign.
Bro . Dr . Burns will shortly proceed to India , on his professional employment . He will be found a useful coadjutor to Major Macdonald , and we refer such of our Brethren in the East , as may be anxious to cultivate the acquaintance of an accomplished Mason , to profit by the opportunity . Lord Elpliinstone , who is about to proceed to Madras as Governor , having been raised to the degree of Master Mason in the Lodge of
Friendship , No . 6 , has given great earnest of Masonic promise , antl will , we are confident , use the means of promulgating our tenets in the extensive scene over which he is called upon to preside . AVe congratulate the Madras Masons and the community , on the appointment of this distinguished nobleman . AVe have to acknowledge the receipt of Two Pounds from the Lodge No . 293 , Prince AV ales' Island , per Bro . E . Harper , Grand Secretary , which we have applied very gratefully to the Funds of the Agetl Masons' Asylum .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
WE understand from our publishers , that in consequence of our directions they have declined to receive several unpaid letters . It having been represented that some difficulty occurs in supplying this Review , AVO beg to observe that Messrs . Sherwood and Mr . Churchill are most kindly attentive ,, and that the difficulty must arise from the indifference of some Bookseller , who may not have liberality enough to be candid . G . II . —The information is thankfully receiveci , and Ave hope he has been attended to . Sin CVJTHJJBRT SHARP . —We gratefully acknowledge the copy of' Freemasonry in Durham . ' The sketch is honourable to the province , and the example might be followed with
advantage in other quarters . BRO . TAIT . —It would have caused much inconvenience and delay to send proofs ; but we hope to have satisfied our kind friend . The tale from " unpublished sketches" is omitted , for the reason ( if AVC understand our correspondent rightly ) that it will appear in another form very shortly ; its publication , therefore by us , might affect the author's interests . Our publishers bave no objection to their names appearing in the prospectus . Thanks for the past and present favours , as well as for the promised continuance of an interesting correspondence . G . L . ( Lancashire . )—We presume G . L . writes merely at random . His assertion that a country member seldom or never gets more than 51 is altogether incorrcetWe have seen
, . money lavished upon country petitions with a liberality tliat appears unknown to G . L , and many others , who appear to have little acquaintance with the anxiety at head-quarters to apply faithfully , although it should be understood they receive very scantily from many provinces . One of the leading abuses that we hope will bo remedied , is the disregard which many country Lodges observe in their dues , which are often held back for several years ; in some instances they are never offered but when they are accompanied by a petition for relief of a member . G . L . should also bear in mind , that country Lodges only pay half dues . Can they in common honesty be entitled to double relief ?
BRO . G . W . TURN EH . —We are obliged by his mark of confidence , and shall be happy to avail ourselves hereafter of the opportunity to extract from his interesting MSS . Bno . II . PHILLIPS . —We hope to have done justice to his kind contribution . A . L . —The article is only admissible in some medical periodical , although we venture to hint that it will require a careful revision before it can be accepted any where . BRO . GOODWYN , 327 * will find we haA'e endeavoured to restore ourselves to his good opinion . PROKITAS . —The signature does not accord with the article , which we reject , for the simple reason that upon every point it is incorrect . A PROVINCIAL BRO . —The Editor has addressed the Lodin full the various subjects
ge upon submitted to him . If the Brother has not been apprized , let him inquire the reason of the Secretary , who has , by order of the Lodge , written a complimentary letter to the Editor . A . COU . I-. CTOR OP MASONIC SCRAPS will perceive we have availed ourselves of his contribution . Why not favour us with his name?—we have reasons for desiring it . A MATTER OF FACT . —Our friend is right—Mutato nomine de TE , & c . < S _ c . Bno . TAVLOR—His communication came too late for its full insertion . He will find it somewhat abbiuviated . M— Dr . Crucefix was long since elected an honorary member of Lodge 100 , Dublin .