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To Correspondents.
NOT ONE , is exempt from thc stringency of the law . Were such the case , such Lodge would be out of the pale of Nusouic protection . A CANADIAN MASON . —AS the affair appears to be sent to a Masonic tribunal , we forbear to express any other opinion than that the passing was an abuse , twenty-eight days being required between that and the initiation , A MASTER— " On Etiquette . "—Visitors are usually placed according to the table of precedence . See Constitutions . The W . M . and P . M . and Wardens of the G . S L-, should takeprecedence of all other visitors ( Grand Officers excepted ); next the Master , Past Master , and
Wardens of other Lodges , in numerical rank ; then members of Lodges according to their Lodge number , excepting in cases of high social rank , when courtesy dictates thc necessary course . A PAST MASTER . — "Black balls" are rolling about It is dangerous to stop a ball suddenly , but we can , "in private , " impart " a secret , " and one worth knowing too , that would make this curse a dangerous plaything to any professor—who would be loathed—and that is a fearful sentence , which few would dare to encounter .
ARCH MATTERS . P . Z . is , we know , of the olden time ; but even he cannot be present at a Board of installed Masters , not having been duly installed . No Arch Mason , merely as such , can claim admission . A MEMBER OF CH . 324 . —The article is referred back for the alteration suggested , and in the hope that time may render its insertion unnecessary . COM P . M M . —The " Larks " at the Mess are not without flavour ; but are they birds or good or ill omen ?
P , Z . —It is UNCOhSTiTUTioNAr , for any one to sign the entry book who does not intend to enter the Grand Chapter . The book ought not to be bandied about ; it should lie for signatures in the ante-room . * Mahomet should ( stroke his beard and ) go to the hill . " P . Z . ^ It is singular that laxity of discipline should be chiefly observable where its practice is chiefly expected . Q . —A . Chapter may open for general affairs with less than nine , but not for the purpose of exaltation . There is an expectation of a rcvisal of the laws , and this necessary object would have heen advanced , but for ill-timed ofRciousness .
TEMPLARS . A KNIGHT . —The subject is now under the consideration of a few ofthe faithful . H . H . —There is no laiv to bar his wishes—common sense will support him . L . —The party is not a Templar , and can give no opinion : not that he wants talent , but he is shy in * ' principle . " A CAPTAIN . —Wait awhile—doubt will pass away . A year since , and but two Encampments were held in London ; four now are in active discipline , and the FIFTH is rallying .
THE ASYLUM . BRO . EALES WHITE . —As Brother Hammond's Othello says , " lam berry much cross . ' We have all good reason to be so , but we will not be cheated out of our good humour . The old Mason will soon have his earnest money , and the J une . Festival will bring grist to the mill ; * ' As the wind blows , so the mill goes , " is a merry glee . BRO . SENIOR . —We await his future report in anxiety . See the Asylum report . AN ADM IRER may rest assured that there is not the slightest fear of the erection and endowment ofthe Asylum in due time . The founders are among the most anxious . The first
proposition is noble in its object , and by devoting small annuities to the necessities of deserving Masons , the carping objections of those who talk about giving , but give not , is at once reproved . More immediate and stirring measures are also thereby rendered unnecessary .. MRS . T —We feel the compliment paid to Masonry , by such esteemed advocacy as of great advantage to the Asylum . W . T . ( 25 ) . —Pursue your laudable course withoutfear or reserve . A WARDEN . —The division of the funds in favour of the " Charities" instead of the « ' Schools , " is the honourable interpretation of the wishes of nine-tenths of the Craft . The
. Ball Stewards deserve general thanks . A MASTER . —The Asylum will ultimately prove thc " Bulwark ofthe Schools . " $ ^ Remember , the I Oth of June next is the Festival-day for the-Aged and Decayed Freemason , .
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To Correspondents.
NOT ONE , is exempt from thc stringency of the law . Were such the case , such Lodge would be out of the pale of Nusouic protection . A CANADIAN MASON . —AS the affair appears to be sent to a Masonic tribunal , we forbear to express any other opinion than that the passing was an abuse , twenty-eight days being required between that and the initiation , A MASTER— " On Etiquette . "—Visitors are usually placed according to the table of precedence . See Constitutions . The W . M . and P . M . and Wardens of the G . S L-, should takeprecedence of all other visitors ( Grand Officers excepted ); next the Master , Past Master , and
Wardens of other Lodges , in numerical rank ; then members of Lodges according to their Lodge number , excepting in cases of high social rank , when courtesy dictates thc necessary course . A PAST MASTER . — "Black balls" are rolling about It is dangerous to stop a ball suddenly , but we can , "in private , " impart " a secret , " and one worth knowing too , that would make this curse a dangerous plaything to any professor—who would be loathed—and that is a fearful sentence , which few would dare to encounter .
ARCH MATTERS . P . Z . is , we know , of the olden time ; but even he cannot be present at a Board of installed Masters , not having been duly installed . No Arch Mason , merely as such , can claim admission . A MEMBER OF CH . 324 . —The article is referred back for the alteration suggested , and in the hope that time may render its insertion unnecessary . COM P . M M . —The " Larks " at the Mess are not without flavour ; but are they birds or good or ill omen ?
P , Z . —It is UNCOhSTiTUTioNAr , for any one to sign the entry book who does not intend to enter the Grand Chapter . The book ought not to be bandied about ; it should lie for signatures in the ante-room . * Mahomet should ( stroke his beard and ) go to the hill . " P . Z . ^ It is singular that laxity of discipline should be chiefly observable where its practice is chiefly expected . Q . —A . Chapter may open for general affairs with less than nine , but not for the purpose of exaltation . There is an expectation of a rcvisal of the laws , and this necessary object would have heen advanced , but for ill-timed ofRciousness .
TEMPLARS . A KNIGHT . —The subject is now under the consideration of a few ofthe faithful . H . H . —There is no laiv to bar his wishes—common sense will support him . L . —The party is not a Templar , and can give no opinion : not that he wants talent , but he is shy in * ' principle . " A CAPTAIN . —Wait awhile—doubt will pass away . A year since , and but two Encampments were held in London ; four now are in active discipline , and the FIFTH is rallying .
THE ASYLUM . BRO . EALES WHITE . —As Brother Hammond's Othello says , " lam berry much cross . ' We have all good reason to be so , but we will not be cheated out of our good humour . The old Mason will soon have his earnest money , and the J une . Festival will bring grist to the mill ; * ' As the wind blows , so the mill goes , " is a merry glee . BRO . SENIOR . —We await his future report in anxiety . See the Asylum report . AN ADM IRER may rest assured that there is not the slightest fear of the erection and endowment ofthe Asylum in due time . The founders are among the most anxious . The first
proposition is noble in its object , and by devoting small annuities to the necessities of deserving Masons , the carping objections of those who talk about giving , but give not , is at once reproved . More immediate and stirring measures are also thereby rendered unnecessary .. MRS . T —We feel the compliment paid to Masonry , by such esteemed advocacy as of great advantage to the Asylum . W . T . ( 25 ) . —Pursue your laudable course withoutfear or reserve . A WARDEN . —The division of the funds in favour of the " Charities" instead of the « ' Schools , " is the honourable interpretation of the wishes of nine-tenths of the Craft . The
. Ball Stewards deserve general thanks . A MASTER . —The Asylum will ultimately prove thc " Bulwark ofthe Schools . " $ ^ Remember , the I Oth of June next is the Festival-day for the-Aged and Decayed Freemason , .