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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
§^ the < e Master Mason" and " a Subscriber" will interest themselves respectively with the Grand Secretaries of the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , that we may receive the printed circulars without Intermission , we should be much obliged . IRELAND HONESTAS—P . M . —A TEMPLAR—VERITAS—A TRUE FRIEND TO MASONRY— Q IN THE CORNER—are all very urgent in their enquiries as to the reason why the election of Bro-Hercules Ellis to the office of P . G M . Co . Monagan , still remains sub judice . From what
we have seen and heard of Bro . Ellis * we are at a loss to know why the honour is not permanently conferred ; it Avould be a popular act , and would he hailed with great satisfaction by the Co . Monagan Lodges . BRO . OGLE —Thanks for his considerate kindness . MAT o * THE MINT . —Yes , when we die ; but at present the Asylum keeps us in spirits . BRO . FOWLER . —Dr . Crucefix requests to know if his subscription to the Girls'School is in arrear . Bro . TENISON—We request you to peruse some observations at the commencement of the Irish department , and , if possible , to discover the objectionable passages . It is true our correspondents on this subject are anonymous , and therefore not deserving our attention ; yet we will , if in our power , endeavour to please even them .
SCOTLAND . BRO . SHIELLS . —Intelligence is always welcome . BRO . DEUCHAR . —We have with pleasure attended to the request . PILGRIM . —All the communications have come to us . Our own delay has allowed our esteemed friend to be in good time . BRO . CHALMERS . —The request has heen cheerfully attended to . BRO . GILFILLAN ' . —We have been anxiously awaiting the promised aid . ANGLO-SCOTUS . —If we have not acknowledged the kindest services , we are deeply sensible of their value . Will our friend report from Dr . Crucefix his desire' to subscribe one guinea annually to the Scottish Masons * Girls' School ? Sir . Sutherland will pay it .
GENERAL . * M . M- ( Jamaica . )—The new or revised Book of Constitutions is in statu quo . AMKRICANUS . —Yes * , we have seen a prospectus of a " History of Freemasonry , " about to be published in New York , by J . T . B . BRO . TYTLER . —We greet thee well , worthy Brother . See India Correspondence . BRO . SLADE—Will greatly oblige us by returning proofs to the printer . BRO . THOMAS ( .- > 25)— Tho particulars furnished will hereafter appear as "Lodge Annals . " E . R . M . —Masonic Thoughts in our next . BRO . PRICE . —We have to thank our friend for his kind attention . BRO . TORRE . —Thebes in our next . BRO . ASTOR . —It is pleasant to be understood .
BRO , J . F . SMITH . —Several communications came too late . Many enquiries are made for his articles BRO . BAUMER . —The obliging communication appears in the present number . BRO . PHIPPS—And many others , should address all letters and papers to the Editor , to the care of the publishers . BRO MANSEL . —We are ready to co-operate in aiding the case . COMMON SENSE . —We have read the two letters in the paper alluded to , and have nothing to state in regard to them , but our belief that they have proved as profitless to the writers as they are pointless in their venom- Bad men writhe under the infliction of punishment , which it is clear has been sufficiently severe that the ** brand" cannot be concealed . The signature to the letter is a misnomer , for the writer cannot attempt the simplest examination .
The second signature is a sad attempt to veil , under a tirade of falsehood , a desire to injure what the witless writer has not the remotest hope of attaining , until he shall have renounced his evil ways . Verily , the railcrs against Freemasonry are bold men ; hut , as antagonists , are beneath the notice of " Common Sense . " A'WIDOW—Mrs . HARRISON—A- LADY—in our next A WIDOW . —If a Mason die before he has been raised to the third degree , we are of opinion that his widow is entitled to the " favourable consideration" of the Board of Benevolence , ( unless , indeed , the Brother , when living , had neglected to attend his Lodge ) . We come to this conclusion very :: eadily , inasmuch as our Institution is essentially charitable ; next , because " Death , " ana not the "' Mason , " intercepted the fulfilment of the law . Further , it is the Mason ' s duty to put the most charitable construction upon the case .
J . B . G . —The puzzle is going the round ; if guessed , we shall make honourable mention . C . C—The paper did not start . The ' * New Bell ' s Messenger" is , we believe , the only one that professes to notice Masonic matters ; it lias , however , lately been egregiously hoaxed . BRO . JOE MILLER . —The story of the Dean and the Magician was not stolen from your ancestor's album , but translated from the Feuillitonot " Le Commerce , " ( Paris journal ) of August last , where it purported to be by a Spanish Romancer of considerable reputation . A WARNING IMEOM THE SPIRIT OP PETER GILKES . — "Rest , perturbed spirit" Few respect thy memory equal to ourselves . . ANTI-HUMBUG . —We are almost ashamed of the name which our polite and classical correspondent has assumed * and consciously believe he is by this lime equally ashamed of himself . The ** point or points" are neither quaint or striking;— " God save the mark , " " Odd Fellowship , " " Leather and prunella , " & c . & c . -fcc- Our correspondent preserves a spice of
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
§^ the < e Master Mason" and " a Subscriber" will interest themselves respectively with the Grand Secretaries of the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , that we may receive the printed circulars without Intermission , we should be much obliged . IRELAND HONESTAS—P . M . —A TEMPLAR—VERITAS—A TRUE FRIEND TO MASONRY— Q IN THE CORNER—are all very urgent in their enquiries as to the reason why the election of Bro-Hercules Ellis to the office of P . G M . Co . Monagan , still remains sub judice . From what
we have seen and heard of Bro . Ellis * we are at a loss to know why the honour is not permanently conferred ; it Avould be a popular act , and would he hailed with great satisfaction by the Co . Monagan Lodges . BRO . OGLE —Thanks for his considerate kindness . MAT o * THE MINT . —Yes , when we die ; but at present the Asylum keeps us in spirits . BRO . FOWLER . —Dr . Crucefix requests to know if his subscription to the Girls'School is in arrear . Bro . TENISON—We request you to peruse some observations at the commencement of the Irish department , and , if possible , to discover the objectionable passages . It is true our correspondents on this subject are anonymous , and therefore not deserving our attention ; yet we will , if in our power , endeavour to please even them .
SCOTLAND . BRO . SHIELLS . —Intelligence is always welcome . BRO . DEUCHAR . —We have with pleasure attended to the request . PILGRIM . —All the communications have come to us . Our own delay has allowed our esteemed friend to be in good time . BRO . CHALMERS . —The request has heen cheerfully attended to . BRO . GILFILLAN ' . —We have been anxiously awaiting the promised aid . ANGLO-SCOTUS . —If we have not acknowledged the kindest services , we are deeply sensible of their value . Will our friend report from Dr . Crucefix his desire' to subscribe one guinea annually to the Scottish Masons * Girls' School ? Sir . Sutherland will pay it .
GENERAL . * M . M- ( Jamaica . )—The new or revised Book of Constitutions is in statu quo . AMKRICANUS . —Yes * , we have seen a prospectus of a " History of Freemasonry , " about to be published in New York , by J . T . B . BRO . TYTLER . —We greet thee well , worthy Brother . See India Correspondence . BRO . SLADE—Will greatly oblige us by returning proofs to the printer . BRO . THOMAS ( .- > 25)— Tho particulars furnished will hereafter appear as "Lodge Annals . " E . R . M . —Masonic Thoughts in our next . BRO . PRICE . —We have to thank our friend for his kind attention . BRO . TORRE . —Thebes in our next . BRO . ASTOR . —It is pleasant to be understood .
BRO , J . F . SMITH . —Several communications came too late . Many enquiries are made for his articles BRO . BAUMER . —The obliging communication appears in the present number . BRO . PHIPPS—And many others , should address all letters and papers to the Editor , to the care of the publishers . BRO MANSEL . —We are ready to co-operate in aiding the case . COMMON SENSE . —We have read the two letters in the paper alluded to , and have nothing to state in regard to them , but our belief that they have proved as profitless to the writers as they are pointless in their venom- Bad men writhe under the infliction of punishment , which it is clear has been sufficiently severe that the ** brand" cannot be concealed . The signature to the letter is a misnomer , for the writer cannot attempt the simplest examination .
The second signature is a sad attempt to veil , under a tirade of falsehood , a desire to injure what the witless writer has not the remotest hope of attaining , until he shall have renounced his evil ways . Verily , the railcrs against Freemasonry are bold men ; hut , as antagonists , are beneath the notice of " Common Sense . " A'WIDOW—Mrs . HARRISON—A- LADY—in our next A WIDOW . —If a Mason die before he has been raised to the third degree , we are of opinion that his widow is entitled to the " favourable consideration" of the Board of Benevolence , ( unless , indeed , the Brother , when living , had neglected to attend his Lodge ) . We come to this conclusion very :: eadily , inasmuch as our Institution is essentially charitable ; next , because " Death , " ana not the "' Mason , " intercepted the fulfilment of the law . Further , it is the Mason ' s duty to put the most charitable construction upon the case .
J . B . G . —The puzzle is going the round ; if guessed , we shall make honourable mention . C . C—The paper did not start . The ' * New Bell ' s Messenger" is , we believe , the only one that professes to notice Masonic matters ; it lias , however , lately been egregiously hoaxed . BRO . JOE MILLER . —The story of the Dean and the Magician was not stolen from your ancestor's album , but translated from the Feuillitonot " Le Commerce , " ( Paris journal ) of August last , where it purported to be by a Spanish Romancer of considerable reputation . A WARNING IMEOM THE SPIRIT OP PETER GILKES . — "Rest , perturbed spirit" Few respect thy memory equal to ourselves . . ANTI-HUMBUG . —We are almost ashamed of the name which our polite and classical correspondent has assumed * and consciously believe he is by this lime equally ashamed of himself . The ** point or points" are neither quaint or striking;— " God save the mark , " " Odd Fellowship , " " Leather and prunella , " & c . & c . -fcc- Our correspondent preserves a spice of