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To Correspondents.
ONE PRESENT enquires if the permission of ladies to witness a certain portion of the Masonic ceremony , as was the case at Newport on the 15 th , is constitutional ? Answer . — Ladies cannot be present during any part of the Masonic ceremonial ; and however desirous we may he of some arrangement in this respect , still the law must be respected . The Board . of General Purposes will deal with the question , A MEMBER , OF THE CRAFT , on the same day , enquires why lhe G . R . did not conduct the proceedings ? Answer .- —There is a P . G . M , ( although residing abroad ); the G . R . only takes charge on the demise , removal , or resignation of the P . G . M . A MB 3 IB . BR OF 420 . —We must , for the present , suspend any remarks .
ARCH MATTERS . A MASONIC BARRISTER suggests the establishment of Masonic Inns of Court , to qualify non-legal Brethren to practice Masonic Jurisprudence with tact and safety . Very good . — Now to begin : We presume a certain number of dinners must be eaten during the Masonic term . Very good again . Aye , but do not Masons already cat too much during term ? Marry they do ! Try again : Suppose fewer dinners be eaten . Case : a good dinner is a marvellous sharpener of wit , when it may not be in the ascendant , e . g . —What escaped the attention of seventy-four members of No . 25 , and the Committee of G . P ., was spirited
forth ( like a champagne cork ) from the G . R . who rose to " order , " and enjoyed with a keen relish the informality which sobered the spirits of seventy-four petitioners . If Benchers he , really wanted , we hope they will be restricted to those Grand Officers who , having no qualification as " principals , " may not bother themselves at first about " principles , " but may in time acquire a knowledge of them . Z . is wrong . Vide p . 13 , "Constitutions . " The exact quorum was present . A COMPANION . —Had No . 1 succeeded in obtaining a charter , it would have preceded No . 2 in rank—and " that's a fact ! "
A DANCING COMPANION . —The mess is welcome to him . R . A . M . —Three making a quorum , the objection cannot be taken . R . A . and M . M . —The Royal Arch in England is not essentially a degree , but the perfection of the third . An unpardonable inconsistency was committed in suffering a doubt to exist The entire system requires careful re-examination . PETER BLUNT . —If we receive real name and address , a satisfactory reply shall appear in our next .
TEMPLARS . JOHN JONES , PETER BLUNT , and another with a mystical mark—all without address . — By the Articles of Union , the regulations of Masonic chivalry are acknowledged . Prince Albert has not yet been initiated , consequently is ineligible . A CAPTAIN . —The Marquis of Salisbury is not a Masonic Templar . We are uncertain as to the Earls of Zetland and Forteseue . AN IRISH KNIGHT . —Apply to Sir Knight T . Wright , M * D ., 26 , Ship-street , Dublin , who can give every information on the " Council of Rites . " For obvious reasons , we decline the letter , as well as any reference to the party addressed . A TEMPLAR . —We are not able to give the names of the Commanders and Captains of all theLondon ; Encampments . Sir Knights Crucefix , Goldsworthy , and Baumer , fill those offices in the Cross of Christ .
ASYLUM . A SUBSCRIBER has been misinformed . The report of the Treasurer was satisfactory , and the correspondence very generally so .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To Correspondents.
ONE PRESENT enquires if the permission of ladies to witness a certain portion of the Masonic ceremony , as was the case at Newport on the 15 th , is constitutional ? Answer . — Ladies cannot be present during any part of the Masonic ceremonial ; and however desirous we may he of some arrangement in this respect , still the law must be respected . The Board . of General Purposes will deal with the question , A MEMBER , OF THE CRAFT , on the same day , enquires why lhe G . R . did not conduct the proceedings ? Answer .- —There is a P . G . M , ( although residing abroad ); the G . R . only takes charge on the demise , removal , or resignation of the P . G . M . A MB 3 IB . BR OF 420 . —We must , for the present , suspend any remarks .
ARCH MATTERS . A MASONIC BARRISTER suggests the establishment of Masonic Inns of Court , to qualify non-legal Brethren to practice Masonic Jurisprudence with tact and safety . Very good . — Now to begin : We presume a certain number of dinners must be eaten during the Masonic term . Very good again . Aye , but do not Masons already cat too much during term ? Marry they do ! Try again : Suppose fewer dinners be eaten . Case : a good dinner is a marvellous sharpener of wit , when it may not be in the ascendant , e . g . —What escaped the attention of seventy-four members of No . 25 , and the Committee of G . P ., was spirited
forth ( like a champagne cork ) from the G . R . who rose to " order , " and enjoyed with a keen relish the informality which sobered the spirits of seventy-four petitioners . If Benchers he , really wanted , we hope they will be restricted to those Grand Officers who , having no qualification as " principals , " may not bother themselves at first about " principles , " but may in time acquire a knowledge of them . Z . is wrong . Vide p . 13 , "Constitutions . " The exact quorum was present . A COMPANION . —Had No . 1 succeeded in obtaining a charter , it would have preceded No . 2 in rank—and " that's a fact ! "
A DANCING COMPANION . —The mess is welcome to him . R . A . M . —Three making a quorum , the objection cannot be taken . R . A . and M . M . —The Royal Arch in England is not essentially a degree , but the perfection of the third . An unpardonable inconsistency was committed in suffering a doubt to exist The entire system requires careful re-examination . PETER BLUNT . —If we receive real name and address , a satisfactory reply shall appear in our next .
TEMPLARS . JOHN JONES , PETER BLUNT , and another with a mystical mark—all without address . — By the Articles of Union , the regulations of Masonic chivalry are acknowledged . Prince Albert has not yet been initiated , consequently is ineligible . A CAPTAIN . —The Marquis of Salisbury is not a Masonic Templar . We are uncertain as to the Earls of Zetland and Forteseue . AN IRISH KNIGHT . —Apply to Sir Knight T . Wright , M * D ., 26 , Ship-street , Dublin , who can give every information on the " Council of Rites . " For obvious reasons , we decline the letter , as well as any reference to the party addressed . A TEMPLAR . —We are not able to give the names of the Commanders and Captains of all theLondon ; Encampments . Sir Knights Crucefix , Goldsworthy , and Baumer , fill those offices in the Cross of Christ .
ASYLUM . A SUBSCRIBER has been misinformed . The report of the Treasurer was satisfactory , and the correspondence very generally so .