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To Correspondents.
A GRAND S TEWARD may be right ; but great allowance should be made . The matter seems untoward ; but we are certaia that it was unintentional . S . B . 113 , will perceive we have inserted his very excellent article . Buo . TKNISON , Sept . 11 ) . —The welcome packet reached us to-day , and just in time . We hope our esteemed friend finds good sport in the neighbourhood of Portnellegai .. His zeal is appreciated , and in nothing more than in the manner he advocates the advantages of prudent publicity . A GRAND OFFICER ' S suggestion may probably be acted upon . A MASON ' S letter to a high personage , enveloped to the Editor , is altogether inadmissible . BRO . H . M . DE B E . —The effusion , although highly creditable to our esteemed correspondent , as a foreign Brother , is not quite adapted to our pages . We should rather invite a contribution in prose , and hope to be favoured at his leisure .
A RICHMOND BROTHER inquires why No . 317 is still continued in the Calendar as a Surrey Lodge ? We confess our ignorance . Has the Brother addressed the Grand Secretaries ? Bao . EAI - ESWHITE . —We eanfeelingly appreciate the kindness which dictated the last letter , to think of us when on the bed of sickness , is no small proof of personal regard ; the Asylum must prosper with such aid as this . A . U . T . —The tale is inserted ; with thanks for the suggestions . Bao . T . WRIGHT ' S correspondence is too gratifying to be permitted any interruption . We entrusted our answer verbally to his friend Brother Murphy ; whom , however , we must scold a little for neglecting to forward so . ne essential particulars of a high public character .
F- H . —Is our correspondent serious ? If so , let him carry his complaint to the very highest quarter , our defence will be simple , and , he may rely upon it , " not uncotirteous . " Forbearance is one of our mottos . A . B . —We publish what we think may be useful and amusing , not merely what others please . If not independent , we are not servile ; if we refrain from treating with severity occasional dereliction from duty , it is from any cause but what A . B . attributes to us . This is a truth we believe to be sufficiently felt . PRATER . —Mrs . Da Costa is still living . ( 630 . )—The error was not with us . Brother South , of Wo . 1 , was certainly present : the omission of Ms name was , we have no doubt , purely accidental on the part of the Brother who furnished the list .
BRO . ELLIS . —Thanks for the fraternal consideration shown to us . QUERIST ' request appears to have been preferred elsewhere ; we subjoin the following : — ' * Are Freemasons exempted from the necessity of complying with the same prescribed form of declaration as any members of any other secret society , on or previous to their accepting public office?—A Freemason must take all the oaths and make all the declarations which must be taken or made by any other persons , but there are none directed against him as a Freemason . In respect of that particular character he takes none . " — Bell ' s Life * Aug . 14 . OBJECTOR . —We ourselves object to garbled accounts of meetings , but not to the publieity of such subjects as are proper to be known by the public as well as by the Craft .
SCOTO-ANGLUS . —We have not received the copy of the Address of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from our usual correspondent , nor from the Grand Secretary . What we have seen . we decline to publish until we know it to be genuine . CAUTION desires to know how he can obtain certain particulars ofthe Canongate Kilwinning . Wc answer , that if he really wishes for information , he should apply in open Lodge . We are not the proper channel , indeed , if we knew the correctness of the circumstances he alludes to , we should not become the retailers of mere gossip . BRO . TYTLER ( Midnapoor ) . —The welcome tidings of his health and that of his family have been received this day , Sept . 23 ; the valuable communication , of course too late for the present number , shall appear in our next ; meantime wesolicit the continuation of the interesting and important subject . Dr . Tytler will be pleased to hear that we are well , and that our labours are progressing successfully .
ASYLUM . P . G . S . B —The objections are frivolous . There is a Spanish proverb that may apply in tbe case , " Time and I against any two . " A PROV . G . M . —Fears we are too poor to carry the point ; be our answer this—that our real means are too great to be confined to it . A very few year ., hence , and the mere thoughts uf thinJcing Masons will have developed our resources with the becoming pride that may accompany their application . P . G . W . despairs of the undertaking ; let him send a donation , and we will teach his heart to be diligent and to rejoice . VOL . III . 3 C
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To Correspondents.
A GRAND S TEWARD may be right ; but great allowance should be made . The matter seems untoward ; but we are certaia that it was unintentional . S . B . 113 , will perceive we have inserted his very excellent article . Buo . TKNISON , Sept . 11 ) . —The welcome packet reached us to-day , and just in time . We hope our esteemed friend finds good sport in the neighbourhood of Portnellegai .. His zeal is appreciated , and in nothing more than in the manner he advocates the advantages of prudent publicity . A GRAND OFFICER ' S suggestion may probably be acted upon . A MASON ' S letter to a high personage , enveloped to the Editor , is altogether inadmissible . BRO . H . M . DE B E . —The effusion , although highly creditable to our esteemed correspondent , as a foreign Brother , is not quite adapted to our pages . We should rather invite a contribution in prose , and hope to be favoured at his leisure .
A RICHMOND BROTHER inquires why No . 317 is still continued in the Calendar as a Surrey Lodge ? We confess our ignorance . Has the Brother addressed the Grand Secretaries ? Bao . EAI - ESWHITE . —We eanfeelingly appreciate the kindness which dictated the last letter , to think of us when on the bed of sickness , is no small proof of personal regard ; the Asylum must prosper with such aid as this . A . U . T . —The tale is inserted ; with thanks for the suggestions . Bao . T . WRIGHT ' S correspondence is too gratifying to be permitted any interruption . We entrusted our answer verbally to his friend Brother Murphy ; whom , however , we must scold a little for neglecting to forward so . ne essential particulars of a high public character .
F- H . —Is our correspondent serious ? If so , let him carry his complaint to the very highest quarter , our defence will be simple , and , he may rely upon it , " not uncotirteous . " Forbearance is one of our mottos . A . B . —We publish what we think may be useful and amusing , not merely what others please . If not independent , we are not servile ; if we refrain from treating with severity occasional dereliction from duty , it is from any cause but what A . B . attributes to us . This is a truth we believe to be sufficiently felt . PRATER . —Mrs . Da Costa is still living . ( 630 . )—The error was not with us . Brother South , of Wo . 1 , was certainly present : the omission of Ms name was , we have no doubt , purely accidental on the part of the Brother who furnished the list .
BRO . ELLIS . —Thanks for the fraternal consideration shown to us . QUERIST ' request appears to have been preferred elsewhere ; we subjoin the following : — ' * Are Freemasons exempted from the necessity of complying with the same prescribed form of declaration as any members of any other secret society , on or previous to their accepting public office?—A Freemason must take all the oaths and make all the declarations which must be taken or made by any other persons , but there are none directed against him as a Freemason . In respect of that particular character he takes none . " — Bell ' s Life * Aug . 14 . OBJECTOR . —We ourselves object to garbled accounts of meetings , but not to the publieity of such subjects as are proper to be known by the public as well as by the Craft .
SCOTO-ANGLUS . —We have not received the copy of the Address of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from our usual correspondent , nor from the Grand Secretary . What we have seen . we decline to publish until we know it to be genuine . CAUTION desires to know how he can obtain certain particulars ofthe Canongate Kilwinning . Wc answer , that if he really wishes for information , he should apply in open Lodge . We are not the proper channel , indeed , if we knew the correctness of the circumstances he alludes to , we should not become the retailers of mere gossip . BRO . TYTLER ( Midnapoor ) . —The welcome tidings of his health and that of his family have been received this day , Sept . 23 ; the valuable communication , of course too late for the present number , shall appear in our next ; meantime wesolicit the continuation of the interesting and important subject . Dr . Tytler will be pleased to hear that we are well , and that our labours are progressing successfully .
ASYLUM . P . G . S . B —The objections are frivolous . There is a Spanish proverb that may apply in tbe case , " Time and I against any two . " A PROV . G . M . —Fears we are too poor to carry the point ; be our answer this—that our real means are too great to be confined to it . A very few year ., hence , and the mere thoughts uf thinJcing Masons will have developed our resources with the becoming pride that may accompany their application . P . G . W . despairs of the undertaking ; let him send a donation , and we will teach his heart to be diligent and to rejoice . VOL . III . 3 C