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To Correspondents.
A S UBSCRIBER TO THE NEW SERIES .-TIIC published circular of October 30 , 1840 , in many respects is grossly incorrect and partial ; but the time may not be far distant when the transactions of a darker hour may be dispassionately re-considered . Bno P EEPING ToM .-We are not members of the Gallant Corps ( c ); ( is our correspondent aware that the e is his , not our addition ?) We cannot announce what took place in the .. orderly room" last year , as the windows were barred , and the key-holes plugged ; the debate was no doubt warm enough . Prince Albert has been balloted for secundum and approved by BroAdjutant Bossyof course became Captain-General . King
artem " being . , G oTge he Fourth when Prince of Wales , was made Captain-General m the 8 th year o his ageThus Bro . Adjutant Bossy has still the chance of the Colonelcy .-he is , a rare shot ; the bull ' s-eye has scarce time to wink when he " cocks his gun . " He is above ? J > years of a ^ e , was not at the siege of Seringapatam , _ but of his services to the state hereafter . A MOVUOITTH M ASON AND OTHERS , should communicate direct with the Editor .
Bno . C UMMINGS . —Many thanks . Bno . CRAVE . —The same . Bno . LLOYD ' S communications are always welcome . _ PF-TFR BLUNT -It may well be doubted whether there be any organised system of figures that forms means of Masonic correspondence . The Lodge No . 2 has a •¦ farrago"
umntelheible to all but itself . A G OVERNORS indignation is but the expression of an honourable mind . We hope in our next to give some more decisive information . LECTOR does not state that the review of the Freemason ' s Monitor is written by mmselt .-Does it refer to " Webb ' s Freemason ' s Monitor ?" GHOST ' -The eulcdum is out of place . The Grand Lodge quietly allowed the report of the Board containing the silly remark to be inserted on their minutes . The same Board now would wince at such folly . " Praise undeserved is censure in disguise ; " -tempom mutant * .
A Stii . sci . rBEB .-The report of the Committee , and that published m an evening paper not bein . ' tlv same , we decline being parties to what is not correct . When vanity shall yield to truth and common sense , we shall endeavour to forget its inconsistencies . _ A B IRMINGHAM MASOS should enquire nearer home for the long-prormsed Masonic history of that town from 1022 to 1840 . ™ E F -As no infidel can be admitted , apprehension is groundless ; if any sceptic dares to violate life obligation , close the Lodge and proceed to expulsion-nay , even cease to meet rather than pander to unholiness . thanksPerhaps he will
Bno E . J HUTCHINS will please to accept our very grateful . point out some mode of exchanging with the Editor of the Freemason ' s -Monthly Magazine at Boston , V . S . Small parcels for us , care of Wiley and Putman , New York , would reach us . PILGRIM ' S last was too late ; our Scottish article having gone to press . BRO H AOOETT . —TOO late , except for a few verbal corrections . A . MKMBEI- NO . 1 —We are obliged by the caution , which , however , did not reach us until the " Holy Innuisition" was worked off . Should the article turn out a hoax , we shall regret the circumstance , but it came from a correspondent innocent of such .
THE K ILWINNING A RCHERS in our next . C HRISTIANITY AND M ASONRY-WC decline as inconsistent . To true Christianity it has scarcely a claim ; being modelled on Tractarianism ; from Masonry it is as " far as the poles T MEDICAL BROTHER .-TI . C Lancet , or the Medical GtrMte . will be the best medium . The Masonic remarks are merely episodial . . .., . „„ A WIDOW-We are truly glad that a few words have saved her from future destitution < Abandon all hope , ye who enter here , " should bo remembered as strictly applicable . Did not the law of libel deter us , we could warn many men of respectability from sanctioning a worthless delusion . Are they blind ?
T . P . —Too late . DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A PAST W ARDEN . —There is no law against wearing the emblem of your office on the badge ; but we do not recommend it . AN OnsERVER .-Nou-payme . it of fees of honour invalidates the patent . More than one P . G . M . is thus circumstanced .
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To Correspondents.
A S UBSCRIBER TO THE NEW SERIES .-TIIC published circular of October 30 , 1840 , in many respects is grossly incorrect and partial ; but the time may not be far distant when the transactions of a darker hour may be dispassionately re-considered . Bno P EEPING ToM .-We are not members of the Gallant Corps ( c ); ( is our correspondent aware that the e is his , not our addition ?) We cannot announce what took place in the .. orderly room" last year , as the windows were barred , and the key-holes plugged ; the debate was no doubt warm enough . Prince Albert has been balloted for secundum and approved by BroAdjutant Bossyof course became Captain-General . King
artem " being . , G oTge he Fourth when Prince of Wales , was made Captain-General m the 8 th year o his ageThus Bro . Adjutant Bossy has still the chance of the Colonelcy .-he is , a rare shot ; the bull ' s-eye has scarce time to wink when he " cocks his gun . " He is above ? J > years of a ^ e , was not at the siege of Seringapatam , _ but of his services to the state hereafter . A MOVUOITTH M ASON AND OTHERS , should communicate direct with the Editor .
Bno . C UMMINGS . —Many thanks . Bno . CRAVE . —The same . Bno . LLOYD ' S communications are always welcome . _ PF-TFR BLUNT -It may well be doubted whether there be any organised system of figures that forms means of Masonic correspondence . The Lodge No . 2 has a •¦ farrago"
umntelheible to all but itself . A G OVERNORS indignation is but the expression of an honourable mind . We hope in our next to give some more decisive information . LECTOR does not state that the review of the Freemason ' s Monitor is written by mmselt .-Does it refer to " Webb ' s Freemason ' s Monitor ?" GHOST ' -The eulcdum is out of place . The Grand Lodge quietly allowed the report of the Board containing the silly remark to be inserted on their minutes . The same Board now would wince at such folly . " Praise undeserved is censure in disguise ; " -tempom mutant * .
A Stii . sci . rBEB .-The report of the Committee , and that published m an evening paper not bein . ' tlv same , we decline being parties to what is not correct . When vanity shall yield to truth and common sense , we shall endeavour to forget its inconsistencies . _ A B IRMINGHAM MASOS should enquire nearer home for the long-prormsed Masonic history of that town from 1022 to 1840 . ™ E F -As no infidel can be admitted , apprehension is groundless ; if any sceptic dares to violate life obligation , close the Lodge and proceed to expulsion-nay , even cease to meet rather than pander to unholiness . thanksPerhaps he will
Bno E . J HUTCHINS will please to accept our very grateful . point out some mode of exchanging with the Editor of the Freemason ' s -Monthly Magazine at Boston , V . S . Small parcels for us , care of Wiley and Putman , New York , would reach us . PILGRIM ' S last was too late ; our Scottish article having gone to press . BRO H AOOETT . —TOO late , except for a few verbal corrections . A . MKMBEI- NO . 1 —We are obliged by the caution , which , however , did not reach us until the " Holy Innuisition" was worked off . Should the article turn out a hoax , we shall regret the circumstance , but it came from a correspondent innocent of such .
THE K ILWINNING A RCHERS in our next . C HRISTIANITY AND M ASONRY-WC decline as inconsistent . To true Christianity it has scarcely a claim ; being modelled on Tractarianism ; from Masonry it is as " far as the poles T MEDICAL BROTHER .-TI . C Lancet , or the Medical GtrMte . will be the best medium . The Masonic remarks are merely episodial . . .., . „„ A WIDOW-We are truly glad that a few words have saved her from future destitution < Abandon all hope , ye who enter here , " should bo remembered as strictly applicable . Did not the law of libel deter us , we could warn many men of respectability from sanctioning a worthless delusion . Are they blind ?
T . P . —Too late . DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . A PAST W ARDEN . —There is no law against wearing the emblem of your office on the badge ; but we do not recommend it . AN OnsERVER .-Nou-payme . it of fees of honour invalidates the patent . More than one P . G . M . is thus circumstanced .