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To Correspondents.
AN AGKD WIDOW ' Sow—We t \ o not congratulate the S . G . D . on ilrshing his maiden sword on the 7 th instant . He will perhaps look back wilh regret , and redeem his error . He s worthy of better things , and will appear in due time , " clarior e tcnebris . " BRO . D . MARTIN . —News from the far awa' is always welcome . BRO . DYKE . —We invoke the continuance of his correspondence . AMICUS . —Is he aware that his letter , if published , would bring him before the " Familiar " —true as every woid is , every word would be voted Masonic treason . ONE OF THE PIIOF . ANE !—No , it was the coachman , not the chambermaid , of the horrified fledgling Mason , that was in danger of catching " secrets worth knowing , " by peeping into the F . Q . R . The ? naid-servatit ( aud a very pretty one she was ) of a legal Urnther , now many years deceased , once asked her master some shrewd questions about Ihe Review , which
she used to examine at Funntfweil . The good Brother was puzzled , and in the next Grand Chapter he threw up a " sky-rocket , " that caused some sensation at the time ; and it is this circumstance , we presume , that has led " one of the profane" into the mistake . Our correspondent will perceive that as tlie rhymes do not agree with the prose , they must be re-written to mafch . A MASTER . —The poor fellow , with seven starving children , followed the suggestion of a high authority and sought "advice "—he asked for bread , and received a stone!—but the same pariies spoke sweet-scented words to him of the purple , whose conduct they applauded !
T . P ., M .. K ., and many others , on Dr . Oliver ' s case , have all been attended to . A CUMBERLAND MASOV should address Brother E . L . B . Dykes , Dcp . P . G . M . for the province . A NON-ELECTED BY GRAND LODGE . —It would certainly have been more correct that the ten members should not only have been chosen without regard to personal subscription , but that the qualification should have been " - SURSCRIBERS . " —The Gtaud Lodge donation
of 400 / . per annum should have ensured a perfect independent opinion . . : A BROTHFR . —The" Masonic Ana of the Royal Family" is interesting , and , as requested , We reserve them for a general history ; further contributions are solicited . Quiz wishes to know where the Masonic Chiltcrn Hundreds are situate ?—There is a wee bit o' dry land in the Dutch settlement of Sumatra , close anent Fort Marlbro ' , that is said to possess a certain Masonic privilege—somewhat analogous to the ideas of Quiz , who states , among other amusing and instructive anecdotes of the Masonic chief of that ilk , that he has promised personally to teach all his Masonic subjects ( qy . has he any ?) to write on the Lewisian system , and to hold an inquisition on a new screw plan ; meantime , however , he kei-rw a sharp look-out to qualify as truth-finder in London . —No fool either—to cook curry in London is quite as well as being curried abroad .
ONE PRESENT . —J he IIOUPC Committee of the Girls' School need not have presented any account , the loan having been repaid ; " Cessante causa cessat et effectua" —law maxim . A little caution would have kept Polyphemus quiet . BRO . J . L . STEVENS complains that in our last number he is described as " having passed like a meteor through the town" of Wolverhampton , and assumes that this was intended as a quiz upon him . The sentence is certainly hyperbolical ; but we are sure that our correspondent wrote it as we inserted it , in a spirit of friendly feeling alone . BRO . GEO . WATSON , Sept . 2 U . —The excellent article came too late—it will appear in our
next . A GRAND STEWARD . —We cannot help you—the remedy is in your own hands . SIT Lrx . —Tho letter came too late ; but it will be found that its purport had been anticipated by many others . Immediate notice should be given of any motion on the subject being about to be brought before the Grand Lodge of England . The sentiments do honour to the writer .
ARCH MATTERS , DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE , TEMPLARS , THE ASYLUM . The general correspondence has been replied to , and though altogether satisfactory , has no subjects of peculiar interest . —The KNIGHTS OK THE ROUND TABLE { 22 nd Sept . ) are under consideration , ( a gc : od story—eh ! Sir Knights !)
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To Correspondents.
AN AGKD WIDOW ' Sow—We t \ o not congratulate the S . G . D . on ilrshing his maiden sword on the 7 th instant . He will perhaps look back wilh regret , and redeem his error . He s worthy of better things , and will appear in due time , " clarior e tcnebris . " BRO . D . MARTIN . —News from the far awa' is always welcome . BRO . DYKE . —We invoke the continuance of his correspondence . AMICUS . —Is he aware that his letter , if published , would bring him before the " Familiar " —true as every woid is , every word would be voted Masonic treason . ONE OF THE PIIOF . ANE !—No , it was the coachman , not the chambermaid , of the horrified fledgling Mason , that was in danger of catching " secrets worth knowing , " by peeping into the F . Q . R . The ? naid-servatit ( aud a very pretty one she was ) of a legal Urnther , now many years deceased , once asked her master some shrewd questions about Ihe Review , which
she used to examine at Funntfweil . The good Brother was puzzled , and in the next Grand Chapter he threw up a " sky-rocket , " that caused some sensation at the time ; and it is this circumstance , we presume , that has led " one of the profane" into the mistake . Our correspondent will perceive that as tlie rhymes do not agree with the prose , they must be re-written to mafch . A MASTER . —The poor fellow , with seven starving children , followed the suggestion of a high authority and sought "advice "—he asked for bread , and received a stone!—but the same pariies spoke sweet-scented words to him of the purple , whose conduct they applauded !
T . P ., M .. K ., and many others , on Dr . Oliver ' s case , have all been attended to . A CUMBERLAND MASOV should address Brother E . L . B . Dykes , Dcp . P . G . M . for the province . A NON-ELECTED BY GRAND LODGE . —It would certainly have been more correct that the ten members should not only have been chosen without regard to personal subscription , but that the qualification should have been " - SURSCRIBERS . " —The Gtaud Lodge donation
of 400 / . per annum should have ensured a perfect independent opinion . . : A BROTHFR . —The" Masonic Ana of the Royal Family" is interesting , and , as requested , We reserve them for a general history ; further contributions are solicited . Quiz wishes to know where the Masonic Chiltcrn Hundreds are situate ?—There is a wee bit o' dry land in the Dutch settlement of Sumatra , close anent Fort Marlbro ' , that is said to possess a certain Masonic privilege—somewhat analogous to the ideas of Quiz , who states , among other amusing and instructive anecdotes of the Masonic chief of that ilk , that he has promised personally to teach all his Masonic subjects ( qy . has he any ?) to write on the Lewisian system , and to hold an inquisition on a new screw plan ; meantime , however , he kei-rw a sharp look-out to qualify as truth-finder in London . —No fool either—to cook curry in London is quite as well as being curried abroad .
ONE PRESENT . —J he IIOUPC Committee of the Girls' School need not have presented any account , the loan having been repaid ; " Cessante causa cessat et effectua" —law maxim . A little caution would have kept Polyphemus quiet . BRO . J . L . STEVENS complains that in our last number he is described as " having passed like a meteor through the town" of Wolverhampton , and assumes that this was intended as a quiz upon him . The sentence is certainly hyperbolical ; but we are sure that our correspondent wrote it as we inserted it , in a spirit of friendly feeling alone . BRO . GEO . WATSON , Sept . 2 U . —The excellent article came too late—it will appear in our
next . A GRAND STEWARD . —We cannot help you—the remedy is in your own hands . SIT Lrx . —Tho letter came too late ; but it will be found that its purport had been anticipated by many others . Immediate notice should be given of any motion on the subject being about to be brought before the Grand Lodge of England . The sentiments do honour to the writer .
ARCH MATTERS , DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE , TEMPLARS , THE ASYLUM . The general correspondence has been replied to , and though altogether satisfactory , has no subjects of peculiar interest . —The KNIGHTS OK THE ROUND TABLE { 22 nd Sept . ) are under consideration , ( a gc : od story—eh ! Sir Knights !)