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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Bno . RIBBANS . —IVe have fulfilled your request ( re . 21 ); it was warmly welcomed . THE SPIRIT OF PETER GILKES . —We were aware ofthe attempt to influence the ballot ; and take this opportunity to remind thc Masters , Past Masters , ancl Wardens , to act from their own judgment , and not from silly and inconsiderate suggestions . BRO . HALLSWORTH . —Many thanks . PHILOSOPHOS . —Wrangling in Masonry has nothing amusing , exciting , or instructive . The time is at hand when a stop must he put to Masonic disputations . Of all positions , that of assumption is the most ridiculous . Shade of Peter Gilkes , an eighteenpenny Lodge would
feel ashamed under the circumstances I A PAST STEWARD . —If present at the Birthday Festival , should have known better than to write about what he could not have seen—simply because it never look place . If not present , why be the scape-goat of another ' s ill-x . ature ? A . H . —Look to the deed of settlement , if such exists-No TYRO—does not rise early enough in the morning , he is therefore always too late . A SECRETARY Bro . Burmester was Grand Secretary for Foreign Correspondence , and is consequently _ t Past Grand Officer .
No SUBSCRIBER should pay for peeping . What will he say , now that the circular for the December Quarterly Communication is published ? Were we wrong in any one particular ? Did we garble any iota ? Fie I fie ! good words cost little . A prediction founded upon prejudice is as worthless as it is baseless . A . Z . —If the bill was not taxed , it was certified . BRO . RULE . —We have not yet received the publication . When we do , we shall cheerfully comply with the request . A MASTER . —The line of duty is clear . A Master giving publicity to an infamous circular ,
becomes " particeps criminis . " SHADE OF BROTHER RITHERTON . —Alas , poor ghost ! cannot thy eyes be replaced by some portrait-renovator _ A . A- ( Grenada , IV . I . ) . —IVe are greatly obliged by the communication . The lines on the 21 st August , 1 S 38 , deserve mention , but we have not room . The consecration of the Lodge
has been reported . See p . 404 , 183 ( 1 . CORITAN —The communication is thankfully acknowledged . Bno . K—How many excuses may not be made for Charity ' s sake 1 BRO . F . S . —The description of Masonic emblems in a grave-yard of Norwich , are not sufficiently explicit . ANONYMOUS . —Lines to a Brother are not inserted for want of signature . It may appear odd , that " NOBODY" should put us to so much expense of postage . A MASON . —This letter is inserted , although without name or address ; but we should bring
" our hogs to a fine maiket , " and endanger our own bacon , if we encouraged the grunters to evade this law . BRO . T . H . CARROLL . —Such a recruit is an honour to our banner . We hope to record matters of importance in his own location , and of consequent interest in the distance . Bno . THWArrES . —The obliging communication is attended to . H . I . —The letter to the Grand Master is altogether inadmissible . D . — " On the Black Ball , " must await the issue of inquiry . Its appearance at the present moment might excite , but would not gratify the anxiety of the recently prominent actors .
SIGMA . —The magnifieos are conspicuous , but not numerous . Q . _ \ ye do not know who among the Lords of the Admiralty are Masons . AU the back numbers of the Review can be procured , but not at a reduced price . A MEMBER O » BOARD The suggestion is excellent , and we shall be glad to see it adopted . A fine ( self-imposed ) for non-attendance , and the proceeds to furnish thc means for a social meeting on the termination of the labours of the session , will bo capital . If the defaulters are many , they will pay the labourers ; if few , it will show anxiety to do the business of the Craft .
AMICUS Cra . Aj . —Not so . The notice is not abandoned . Cogent reasons render it prudent to postpone the subject . BRO . SIMPSON ' communication is duly noticed . BRO . IV . D . NASH . —The able article will appear in our next . BRO . THOMAS ( 525 ) . —The letter , dated Feb . 28 , only reached us on the 27 th March , and is therefore deferred .
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Bno . RIBBANS . —IVe have fulfilled your request ( re . 21 ); it was warmly welcomed . THE SPIRIT OF PETER GILKES . —We were aware ofthe attempt to influence the ballot ; and take this opportunity to remind thc Masters , Past Masters , ancl Wardens , to act from their own judgment , and not from silly and inconsiderate suggestions . BRO . HALLSWORTH . —Many thanks . PHILOSOPHOS . —Wrangling in Masonry has nothing amusing , exciting , or instructive . The time is at hand when a stop must he put to Masonic disputations . Of all positions , that of assumption is the most ridiculous . Shade of Peter Gilkes , an eighteenpenny Lodge would
feel ashamed under the circumstances I A PAST STEWARD . —If present at the Birthday Festival , should have known better than to write about what he could not have seen—simply because it never look place . If not present , why be the scape-goat of another ' s ill-x . ature ? A . H . —Look to the deed of settlement , if such exists-No TYRO—does not rise early enough in the morning , he is therefore always too late . A SECRETARY Bro . Burmester was Grand Secretary for Foreign Correspondence , and is consequently _ t Past Grand Officer .
No SUBSCRIBER should pay for peeping . What will he say , now that the circular for the December Quarterly Communication is published ? Were we wrong in any one particular ? Did we garble any iota ? Fie I fie ! good words cost little . A prediction founded upon prejudice is as worthless as it is baseless . A . Z . —If the bill was not taxed , it was certified . BRO . RULE . —We have not yet received the publication . When we do , we shall cheerfully comply with the request . A MASTER . —The line of duty is clear . A Master giving publicity to an infamous circular ,
becomes " particeps criminis . " SHADE OF BROTHER RITHERTON . —Alas , poor ghost ! cannot thy eyes be replaced by some portrait-renovator _ A . A- ( Grenada , IV . I . ) . —IVe are greatly obliged by the communication . The lines on the 21 st August , 1 S 38 , deserve mention , but we have not room . The consecration of the Lodge
has been reported . See p . 404 , 183 ( 1 . CORITAN —The communication is thankfully acknowledged . Bno . K—How many excuses may not be made for Charity ' s sake 1 BRO . F . S . —The description of Masonic emblems in a grave-yard of Norwich , are not sufficiently explicit . ANONYMOUS . —Lines to a Brother are not inserted for want of signature . It may appear odd , that " NOBODY" should put us to so much expense of postage . A MASON . —This letter is inserted , although without name or address ; but we should bring
" our hogs to a fine maiket , " and endanger our own bacon , if we encouraged the grunters to evade this law . BRO . T . H . CARROLL . —Such a recruit is an honour to our banner . We hope to record matters of importance in his own location , and of consequent interest in the distance . Bno . THWArrES . —The obliging communication is attended to . H . I . —The letter to the Grand Master is altogether inadmissible . D . — " On the Black Ball , " must await the issue of inquiry . Its appearance at the present moment might excite , but would not gratify the anxiety of the recently prominent actors .
SIGMA . —The magnifieos are conspicuous , but not numerous . Q . _ \ ye do not know who among the Lords of the Admiralty are Masons . AU the back numbers of the Review can be procured , but not at a reduced price . A MEMBER O » BOARD The suggestion is excellent , and we shall be glad to see it adopted . A fine ( self-imposed ) for non-attendance , and the proceeds to furnish thc means for a social meeting on the termination of the labours of the session , will bo capital . If the defaulters are many , they will pay the labourers ; if few , it will show anxiety to do the business of the Craft .
AMICUS Cra . Aj . —Not so . The notice is not abandoned . Cogent reasons render it prudent to postpone the subject . BRO . SIMPSON ' communication is duly noticed . BRO . IV . D . NASH . —The able article will appear in our next . BRO . THOMAS ( 525 ) . —The letter , dated Feb . 28 , only reached us on the 27 th March , and is therefore deferred .