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To Correspondents.
G . S . B . —This office should undergo some change , which may he effected by a slight alteration in the law . C . WALL . —The tale is deferred for want of room ; the tales ;; and other general articles in the present number have been in hand some time . * M . W . K . —The poetry is not suited to our columns . SOME MASONIC PENCE could not have been better employed . Our friends are wrong ; no blame can attach to tlie party . NEPTUNE himself would not have grumbled at the offering which St . Michael would have approved . ETIQUETTE . —Boots at a ball , sanctioned by Masons , we , unused to the dancing art , submit
to be incorrect , unless as an appendage of military costume . The Stewards should have noticed the boots to the M . C . s . who would have exercised their discretion . ORDER . —It is our opinion that the Collar should be dispensed with at a ball , it being part of Masonic clothing . A JOINING MEMBER is entitled to equal privileges with those who have been initiated in the Lodge . The Constitution admits of no distinction . In the case of an election of Grand Steward , there is a little ambiguity , which will probably be regulated at no distant period . QUERIST is not very much out . The Constitution provides , that the red Apron may be always Avorn , but in the other ease , a vote of Grand Lodge is required ; besides , the table of precedence does not confirm the rank , there being no entry for the Past Officers of 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 . The Constitution itself is getting old .
A . W—We hail the promised means of intelligence , and hope our Brother will report . His London bookseller has not yet sent for the " Miroir de la Sagesse . " E . W . enquires if H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge is a Freemason ? To E . W . —The long promised anecdote is , we suspect , not yet even in draft . BROTHER . REEDER ' request is acceded to with much pleasure . A . B . We cannot attend to the request . Letters on the Tontine should be addressed to W . H . White , Esq ., Freemasons' Hall , London . A MASON . The suggestions are excellent . We perfectly agree Avith him , that a copy of the Constitution should be presented to every Brother on his initiation .
A SUBSCRIBER . We shall thankfully accept the present if it be that edition of the Constitutions and any other books on Masonry . W . H . The work entitled " History of Initiation , with Rites , & c . of the Secret Institutions of the Ancient World , by Geo . Oliver , 1828 , " is out of print ; we have not ourselves a copy . AN ENQTII RER . Part I . of the Constitution never was published . A CORRBSPONDENT enquires , Why the names of Lord J . Churchill , and B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., are not inserted as Vice-Presidents in the balloting lists of the Girls' School I We cannot answer , but Hope the omission will be rectified in future . BRO . BOAG ( 2-1 ) Our limits preclude the insertion of a riate song : hisfuture
, . very approp correspondence is solicited . BRO . W . DENIS MOORE . " Dimia forget " P . M ., ( 525 . ) If he Avill address the Board of G . P ., he will meet attention . We frankly confess that it would be imprudent to publish our opinion . P . M . is mistaken as to the enormous funds of the Grand Lodge , and he should understand that a VERY GREAT PROPORTION is distributed in the provinces . We hope to hear frequently from our Brother , whose future correspondence should be sealed , and addressed to the EDITOR—and to no one else .
A . B . The letter alleged to have been sent from Norwich , has not reached us . MRS . WOOD . We regret not having received any official communication on the subject of the proposed monument to the late Brother Henry O'Brien . Mrs . W . ' s private letter is most respectfully acknowledged . W . P . The decease of Bro . Lockyer has deprived us of our expected account of the initiation of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson . Can any Brother supply the information ? CENTKNARV OF THE G . S . L . To several visitors . We have availed ourselves of the privilege of a personal friend , to forward their wishes to the " immediate Past Master , " and have doubt but that the cards
no worthy Brother will appreciate the compliment and return the . We can do no more . BRO . Wai . RULE , 227- We do not hesitate to state , that the Lodge to which he alludes would feel themselves degraded by the practice . Tlie Brother complained of , has probably misinterpreted a personal compliment he may have generally received . By the way , Bro . Rule ' s letter reached us open , and not by the regular channel . Surely we have not been imposed upon hy some one assuming Bro . Rule's name ? 327- We regret having omitted the very pleasing compliment paid us by this Lodge . The manner in which Ave have been reminded of our neglect is kind indeed . C . M . ( Paris ) . We have no prospect of revisiting France , and must therefore forego the
proffered service . We do not object to the casual introduction of the name of J— C— by ¦ clerical brethren , when it is not prominently used iu Lodges , where it would be inconsistent with the universality of the Masonic creed . D . D . ( Edinb . ) Ml Past Masters ( subscribing members to a Lodge ) are eligible to a seat and a vote in the Grand Lodge of England .
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To Correspondents.
G . S . B . —This office should undergo some change , which may he effected by a slight alteration in the law . C . WALL . —The tale is deferred for want of room ; the tales ;; and other general articles in the present number have been in hand some time . * M . W . K . —The poetry is not suited to our columns . SOME MASONIC PENCE could not have been better employed . Our friends are wrong ; no blame can attach to tlie party . NEPTUNE himself would not have grumbled at the offering which St . Michael would have approved . ETIQUETTE . —Boots at a ball , sanctioned by Masons , we , unused to the dancing art , submit
to be incorrect , unless as an appendage of military costume . The Stewards should have noticed the boots to the M . C . s . who would have exercised their discretion . ORDER . —It is our opinion that the Collar should be dispensed with at a ball , it being part of Masonic clothing . A JOINING MEMBER is entitled to equal privileges with those who have been initiated in the Lodge . The Constitution admits of no distinction . In the case of an election of Grand Steward , there is a little ambiguity , which will probably be regulated at no distant period . QUERIST is not very much out . The Constitution provides , that the red Apron may be always Avorn , but in the other ease , a vote of Grand Lodge is required ; besides , the table of precedence does not confirm the rank , there being no entry for the Past Officers of 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 . The Constitution itself is getting old .
A . W—We hail the promised means of intelligence , and hope our Brother will report . His London bookseller has not yet sent for the " Miroir de la Sagesse . " E . W . enquires if H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge is a Freemason ? To E . W . —The long promised anecdote is , we suspect , not yet even in draft . BROTHER . REEDER ' request is acceded to with much pleasure . A . B . We cannot attend to the request . Letters on the Tontine should be addressed to W . H . White , Esq ., Freemasons' Hall , London . A MASON . The suggestions are excellent . We perfectly agree Avith him , that a copy of the Constitution should be presented to every Brother on his initiation .
A SUBSCRIBER . We shall thankfully accept the present if it be that edition of the Constitutions and any other books on Masonry . W . H . The work entitled " History of Initiation , with Rites , & c . of the Secret Institutions of the Ancient World , by Geo . Oliver , 1828 , " is out of print ; we have not ourselves a copy . AN ENQTII RER . Part I . of the Constitution never was published . A CORRBSPONDENT enquires , Why the names of Lord J . Churchill , and B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., are not inserted as Vice-Presidents in the balloting lists of the Girls' School I We cannot answer , but Hope the omission will be rectified in future . BRO . BOAG ( 2-1 ) Our limits preclude the insertion of a riate song : hisfuture
, . very approp correspondence is solicited . BRO . W . DENIS MOORE . " Dimia forget " P . M ., ( 525 . ) If he Avill address the Board of G . P ., he will meet attention . We frankly confess that it would be imprudent to publish our opinion . P . M . is mistaken as to the enormous funds of the Grand Lodge , and he should understand that a VERY GREAT PROPORTION is distributed in the provinces . We hope to hear frequently from our Brother , whose future correspondence should be sealed , and addressed to the EDITOR—and to no one else .
A . B . The letter alleged to have been sent from Norwich , has not reached us . MRS . WOOD . We regret not having received any official communication on the subject of the proposed monument to the late Brother Henry O'Brien . Mrs . W . ' s private letter is most respectfully acknowledged . W . P . The decease of Bro . Lockyer has deprived us of our expected account of the initiation of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson . Can any Brother supply the information ? CENTKNARV OF THE G . S . L . To several visitors . We have availed ourselves of the privilege of a personal friend , to forward their wishes to the " immediate Past Master , " and have doubt but that the cards
no worthy Brother will appreciate the compliment and return the . We can do no more . BRO . Wai . RULE , 227- We do not hesitate to state , that the Lodge to which he alludes would feel themselves degraded by the practice . Tlie Brother complained of , has probably misinterpreted a personal compliment he may have generally received . By the way , Bro . Rule ' s letter reached us open , and not by the regular channel . Surely we have not been imposed upon hy some one assuming Bro . Rule's name ? 327- We regret having omitted the very pleasing compliment paid us by this Lodge . The manner in which Ave have been reminded of our neglect is kind indeed . C . M . ( Paris ) . We have no prospect of revisiting France , and must therefore forego the
proffered service . We do not object to the casual introduction of the name of J— C— by ¦ clerical brethren , when it is not prominently used iu Lodges , where it would be inconsistent with the universality of the Masonic creed . D . D . ( Edinb . ) Ml Past Masters ( subscribing members to a Lodge ) are eligible to a seat and a vote in the Grand Lodge of England .