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To Correspondents.
I - . Y-UVAY M . ISO . VI . Y is unsuilcd to our columns , the stupendous conception of Sumatra exeeptcd . The contemplated employment of one thousand millions is terrific . ' Scrip deposit ami premium" create sensations imlcscribaljle . On dit : Oh ! Harry has actually surveyed the line , and reported on the gradient , which , having a slight tendency to an inclined plane , tuts disposed liim to offer favourable terms , provided he is appointed engineer and stoker . Indeed , he has Riven his opinion that no one else can guide tile engine through his dominions , old Marry may lie found at the Club , where he purposes remaining until his envoy shall return from Paris , where he went to consult with . , now on a visit in tlw . Rue d'Enfer .
HON ' G Koxo . —The intelligence came hut just in time . One report is altogether inadmissible : if written by a clergyman , it is a disgrace to his cloth ; if by a lawyer , we merely remark that Curvoisier and Tawell found advocates to shed such tears over their briefs as to render their defences mere mockeries of justice . M . R . E . —The promised paper has not reached us . "Wc hope it was not amongst those entrusted to the Wandering Jew , who is reputed as " missing" in consequence of the railroad mania ; nevertheless , grateful thanks for continued kindness . BRO . DU JARDIN ' S Report came so late as with difficulty we could insert a very few
lines . A PKOV . G . SEC , and Others . —We have nothing to do with the Calendar but to buy it , and dear enough itis ; many of its errors , however , must be shared by recusant Lodges and idle secretaries who neglect to send reports of changes . The only remedy we can suggest is , that Bro . Spencer he empowered to deal ml libitum with the ease ; he will then probably take advice , and follow it .
A . T . —Sir Charles Wolesley is a Mason of forty years ' standing ; Lord Camoys is a Mason . we are uncertain as to the Earl of Shrewsbury . Finns . —The letter to the ' * Grand Stewartls " is deferred in consequence of a meeting of the Present and Past Gland Stewards having taken place , which was adjourned until the 1 st of December next . A WORCESTER MASO . V . —It is true that the memory of the Duke of Sussex is now hut seldom given . In our opinion the omission is prudent ; it is inconvenient to multiply toasts .
At the Grand Festival tho case is different . We would suggest that the memory of the Duke of Sussex , and ot ' nll other deceased Grancl Masters , be given iu solemn silence . A P . G . OFFICE it OF CHESHIEE . —The late Eight Hon . Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton , Bart ., was P . G . M . for the province in 1793 ; he was , we believe , the father of the present Viscount Combermere . A COUNTRY BOOK-WORM . —The book-cases are in the Grand Oflieer ' s elothing-room ; for the books , enquire of Heaven knows whom . All the answer we can get is , that it is a failure ;
stuff and nonsense , let us have a report on the subject , which can be dealt with iu a straightforward manner , liio . Henderson 1 up , and awake . U . S . is , we believe , in error . We have heard that the Duke of Richmond has joined tiie Prince of Wales' Lodge ; if so , there may be something significant there nncnt—nous vcrrons . A PAST GRAND OFFICER complains that the Lodge of Antiquity is becoming a semi-legal Masonic club , and that the present kind-hearted master can work a shi p much easier than his Lodge ; of course lie can , and probably finds the members not so ready to tumble up , all hands , reef topsails , as a jolly crew ; however , he has an excellent Past Master to fall back on in his Brother , who stands primus inter inteirros .
HINT—enquires what has become of the "MSS ., papers , and Masonie books of the late Grand Master ; there must bo a va-t collection . Now is the lime to prove lhat the Masonic Library and Museum is no failure , by soliciting the Trustees lo follow the nublo example of that excellent lady , the Duke ' s widow , and present ( hem to the Grantl Lodge .
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To Correspondents.
I - . Y-UVAY M . ISO . VI . Y is unsuilcd to our columns , the stupendous conception of Sumatra exeeptcd . The contemplated employment of one thousand millions is terrific . ' Scrip deposit ami premium" create sensations imlcscribaljle . On dit : Oh ! Harry has actually surveyed the line , and reported on the gradient , which , having a slight tendency to an inclined plane , tuts disposed liim to offer favourable terms , provided he is appointed engineer and stoker . Indeed , he has Riven his opinion that no one else can guide tile engine through his dominions , old Marry may lie found at the Club , where he purposes remaining until his envoy shall return from Paris , where he went to consult with . , now on a visit in tlw . Rue d'Enfer .
HON ' G Koxo . —The intelligence came hut just in time . One report is altogether inadmissible : if written by a clergyman , it is a disgrace to his cloth ; if by a lawyer , we merely remark that Curvoisier and Tawell found advocates to shed such tears over their briefs as to render their defences mere mockeries of justice . M . R . E . —The promised paper has not reached us . "Wc hope it was not amongst those entrusted to the Wandering Jew , who is reputed as " missing" in consequence of the railroad mania ; nevertheless , grateful thanks for continued kindness . BRO . DU JARDIN ' S Report came so late as with difficulty we could insert a very few
lines . A PKOV . G . SEC , and Others . —We have nothing to do with the Calendar but to buy it , and dear enough itis ; many of its errors , however , must be shared by recusant Lodges and idle secretaries who neglect to send reports of changes . The only remedy we can suggest is , that Bro . Spencer he empowered to deal ml libitum with the ease ; he will then probably take advice , and follow it .
A . T . —Sir Charles Wolesley is a Mason of forty years ' standing ; Lord Camoys is a Mason . we are uncertain as to the Earl of Shrewsbury . Finns . —The letter to the ' * Grand Stewartls " is deferred in consequence of a meeting of the Present and Past Gland Stewards having taken place , which was adjourned until the 1 st of December next . A WORCESTER MASO . V . —It is true that the memory of the Duke of Sussex is now hut seldom given . In our opinion the omission is prudent ; it is inconvenient to multiply toasts .
At the Grand Festival tho case is different . We would suggest that the memory of the Duke of Sussex , and ot ' nll other deceased Grancl Masters , be given iu solemn silence . A P . G . OFFICE it OF CHESHIEE . —The late Eight Hon . Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton , Bart ., was P . G . M . for the province in 1793 ; he was , we believe , the father of the present Viscount Combermere . A COUNTRY BOOK-WORM . —The book-cases are in the Grand Oflieer ' s elothing-room ; for the books , enquire of Heaven knows whom . All the answer we can get is , that it is a failure ;
stuff and nonsense , let us have a report on the subject , which can be dealt with iu a straightforward manner , liio . Henderson 1 up , and awake . U . S . is , we believe , in error . We have heard that the Duke of Richmond has joined tiie Prince of Wales' Lodge ; if so , there may be something significant there nncnt—nous vcrrons . A PAST GRAND OFFICER complains that the Lodge of Antiquity is becoming a semi-legal Masonic club , and that the present kind-hearted master can work a shi p much easier than his Lodge ; of course lie can , and probably finds the members not so ready to tumble up , all hands , reef topsails , as a jolly crew ; however , he has an excellent Past Master to fall back on in his Brother , who stands primus inter inteirros .
HINT—enquires what has become of the "MSS ., papers , and Masonie books of the late Grand Master ; there must bo a va-t collection . Now is the lime to prove lhat the Masonic Library and Museum is no failure , by soliciting the Trustees lo follow the nublo example of that excellent lady , the Duke ' s widow , and present ( hem to the Grantl Lodge .