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To Correspondents.
QUERIST ( Edinb . ) should urge on the Grand Lodge of Scotland that the Grand Secretaryshould exercise more zeal ; or , perhaps , what would be better , the members of Grand Lodge should themselves as a body set the example . ACTIVITY OF MIND would Soon clear away the mist—Collect the public dues , and faithfully apply them . S . S . C ( Edinb . ) A motion in Grand Lodge would answer the purpose . A book of Constitutions , defining the period of conferring degrees , and on other matters , would be serviceable . A GRAND OFFICER ( Scotland ) . There can be no difficulty in assimilating the practice . A motion in Grand Lodge would soon decide the question , by affording the opportunity to prove the necessity .
NOACHIDA DALRUADICUS . The promised communication will be most welcome . The query respecting the MSS . of Henry VI . cannot as yet be answered satisfactorily . May we use the same medium ( in reply to ~ N . D . ) by which we receive his notices ? P . M . ( Dublin , No . 4 . ) Many thanks for the obliging offer . A SISTER . Much as we admire the earnestness of our fair friend , we cannot comply with her request . It would be unfair in us to advocate the cause of an individual orphan girl , and unjust to all the other candidates , who have equal claims . P . M . ( Dublin . ) If we are too plainly spoken , pray inform us upon what subjects . BRO . G . BENNETT . We are sincerely obliged by the note , and the sentiments therein conveyed . BRO . HENRY ROU ' E . The letter to Dr . Crucefix is deferred from a circumstance that probably escaped our correspondent , but which will , we are certain , account for our hesitation . We anticipate Brother R . 's approval .
ARCH MATTERS . H . What is meant by the allusion to reform ? P * . « We may he misunderstood , but we will not deceive . The allusion to a repeal of the union was ill-timed , inasmuch as it may become a by-word . Nothing can shake the stability of that great event , for which English Freemasons can never be sufficiently grateful to the illustrious Brethren who effected it . J . must write again in better explanation . " Parrots , " " itinerant Masons , " and one or two other strange phrases , pass our comprehension . SPECIAL . Are we right in the signature ? It was droll enough that two of the " long robeshould descant
" so long upon a notice of motion , and then forget to give it in , thereby leaving thematter just where it was . King Jamie " of the olden time" would have been puzzled . Would it not be as well to discontinue the practice of " rising to order" some five or six times ? as thereby time and temper get sadly out at elbows . Let SPECIAL act as he proposes , but with forbearance ; but , above all , let his proposition be put briefly , and in clear and intelligible terms . A COMPANION . The words are not so incongruous . The Hebrew language is too lofty and imposing for an easy rendering into familiar English , and ihe proposed change ( by a Companion ) is not for the better . P . Z . ' s ( Taunton , Tiverton , Exeter . ) We are the more surprised at the nature of the communications from
the west . They should address the Royal Arch Committee of General Purposes : an investigation would then be made . We hear that a most esteemed Western Luminary will visit London shortly ; let him be invested with full powers . The Committee will sit on the 28 th of April , and their report will be laid before the Grand Chapter on the 4 th of May . TEMPLARS . PILGRI M is in error . Encampments in England are not attached to Lodges , but are separate and distinct : they are recognised , to a certain extent , by the articles of union . E . L . and some others . We for the present decline entering into the discussion .
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To Correspondents.
QUERIST ( Edinb . ) should urge on the Grand Lodge of Scotland that the Grand Secretaryshould exercise more zeal ; or , perhaps , what would be better , the members of Grand Lodge should themselves as a body set the example . ACTIVITY OF MIND would Soon clear away the mist—Collect the public dues , and faithfully apply them . S . S . C ( Edinb . ) A motion in Grand Lodge would answer the purpose . A book of Constitutions , defining the period of conferring degrees , and on other matters , would be serviceable . A GRAND OFFICER ( Scotland ) . There can be no difficulty in assimilating the practice . A motion in Grand Lodge would soon decide the question , by affording the opportunity to prove the necessity .
NOACHIDA DALRUADICUS . The promised communication will be most welcome . The query respecting the MSS . of Henry VI . cannot as yet be answered satisfactorily . May we use the same medium ( in reply to ~ N . D . ) by which we receive his notices ? P . M . ( Dublin , No . 4 . ) Many thanks for the obliging offer . A SISTER . Much as we admire the earnestness of our fair friend , we cannot comply with her request . It would be unfair in us to advocate the cause of an individual orphan girl , and unjust to all the other candidates , who have equal claims . P . M . ( Dublin . ) If we are too plainly spoken , pray inform us upon what subjects . BRO . G . BENNETT . We are sincerely obliged by the note , and the sentiments therein conveyed . BRO . HENRY ROU ' E . The letter to Dr . Crucefix is deferred from a circumstance that probably escaped our correspondent , but which will , we are certain , account for our hesitation . We anticipate Brother R . 's approval .
ARCH MATTERS . H . What is meant by the allusion to reform ? P * . « We may he misunderstood , but we will not deceive . The allusion to a repeal of the union was ill-timed , inasmuch as it may become a by-word . Nothing can shake the stability of that great event , for which English Freemasons can never be sufficiently grateful to the illustrious Brethren who effected it . J . must write again in better explanation . " Parrots , " " itinerant Masons , " and one or two other strange phrases , pass our comprehension . SPECIAL . Are we right in the signature ? It was droll enough that two of the " long robeshould descant
" so long upon a notice of motion , and then forget to give it in , thereby leaving thematter just where it was . King Jamie " of the olden time" would have been puzzled . Would it not be as well to discontinue the practice of " rising to order" some five or six times ? as thereby time and temper get sadly out at elbows . Let SPECIAL act as he proposes , but with forbearance ; but , above all , let his proposition be put briefly , and in clear and intelligible terms . A COMPANION . The words are not so incongruous . The Hebrew language is too lofty and imposing for an easy rendering into familiar English , and ihe proposed change ( by a Companion ) is not for the better . P . Z . ' s ( Taunton , Tiverton , Exeter . ) We are the more surprised at the nature of the communications from
the west . They should address the Royal Arch Committee of General Purposes : an investigation would then be made . We hear that a most esteemed Western Luminary will visit London shortly ; let him be invested with full powers . The Committee will sit on the 28 th of April , and their report will be laid before the Grand Chapter on the 4 th of May . TEMPLARS . PILGRI M is in error . Encampments in England are not attached to Lodges , but are separate and distinct : they are recognised , to a certain extent , by the articles of union . E . L . and some others . We for the present decline entering into the discussion .