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Ireland.
wish ; and I , fol one , will gladly adopt your suggestion , as far as my own example and limited influence will avail . But in order to give full effect to your plan , and my own humble efforts to serve your cause amongst my Irish Brethren here , I would beg leave to recommend to you to make your publication embrace the subject of Masonry in a more general manner . I mean to say , that it strikes me as being , for general readerstoo much confined to tlie actual state of Masonry in England .
, Now , the universality of Masonry requires that this defect ( for I can call it nothing else ) should be avoided in future , in order to ensure for your Review a more general , and consequently , a more extended circulation . A Review like yours ought to be supported by the Brethren of the three kingdoms ; but if its " contents " refer almost exclusively to Masonry in Englandyou cannot be surprised that the number of your subscribers
, is so few , and only confined to the English Lodges . To obviate this , I would recommend to you to establish correspondents in Scotland and Ireland , whose position and station will enable them always to be in the way of obtaining and forwarding to you any information on Masonic matters , of a nature likely to interest general readers . I venture to say , that were you to take immediate steps to establish this system , your editorial existence will not terminate with this year .
I send you , by this post , a Cork newspaper , containing an account of a Fancy Ball recently ' ¦ ' got up , " in that city , for the benefit of the Masonic Female Orphan Asylum . You may , perhaps , think it , or at least a portion of it , deserving of a place in your next : probably I may have been anticipated , and you have , ere this , received several copies of the paper in question ; in which case , I only hope I may be more fortunate in my next efforts lo serve you .
I remain , Sir and Brother , With many apologies for this intrusion on your time , Your friend and well-wisher , A . C . P . S . The principal ( indeed I may say the only ) defect in your Review , is the comparatively local character of the Masonic intelligence it contains ; for I do not consider the Brethren of either Ireland or Scotland are properly or adequately represented in your work by the very few pages devoted to them—more in the form of a passing notice than any
thing else . " First , then , in reply , the writer has us at fearful odds : we know him not—he does not append his name or address . Second . He says that the Review refers almost exclusively to Masonry in England ; and argues that , for want of Irish news , it is not surprising that it does not circulate extensively in Ireland . Is he prepared to show that we exclude news from the Sister Isle ? AA'ill he say that we do not
insert what we receive ? The insertion of his own letter is a proof of our disinterestedness . As to establishing correspondents in Ireland , and other parts , whose position ancl station will enable them to furnish intelligence , the course is open to all : it is easier for the many to aid and assist the operations of an editor , than for an editor to write to , and urge forward Brethren whom he has not the honour to be acquainted ivith . We conceive , that under circumstances , we have expressed
ourselves fairly ; ancl can only say , that we shall be most happy in entering into correspondence with any worthy Brother who will give us the opportunity ; but , be it understood , that if intelligence be not furnished , the fault should not be laid at our door .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ireland.
wish ; and I , fol one , will gladly adopt your suggestion , as far as my own example and limited influence will avail . But in order to give full effect to your plan , and my own humble efforts to serve your cause amongst my Irish Brethren here , I would beg leave to recommend to you to make your publication embrace the subject of Masonry in a more general manner . I mean to say , that it strikes me as being , for general readerstoo much confined to tlie actual state of Masonry in England .
, Now , the universality of Masonry requires that this defect ( for I can call it nothing else ) should be avoided in future , in order to ensure for your Review a more general , and consequently , a more extended circulation . A Review like yours ought to be supported by the Brethren of the three kingdoms ; but if its " contents " refer almost exclusively to Masonry in Englandyou cannot be surprised that the number of your subscribers
, is so few , and only confined to the English Lodges . To obviate this , I would recommend to you to establish correspondents in Scotland and Ireland , whose position and station will enable them always to be in the way of obtaining and forwarding to you any information on Masonic matters , of a nature likely to interest general readers . I venture to say , that were you to take immediate steps to establish this system , your editorial existence will not terminate with this year .
I send you , by this post , a Cork newspaper , containing an account of a Fancy Ball recently ' ¦ ' got up , " in that city , for the benefit of the Masonic Female Orphan Asylum . You may , perhaps , think it , or at least a portion of it , deserving of a place in your next : probably I may have been anticipated , and you have , ere this , received several copies of the paper in question ; in which case , I only hope I may be more fortunate in my next efforts lo serve you .
I remain , Sir and Brother , With many apologies for this intrusion on your time , Your friend and well-wisher , A . C . P . S . The principal ( indeed I may say the only ) defect in your Review , is the comparatively local character of the Masonic intelligence it contains ; for I do not consider the Brethren of either Ireland or Scotland are properly or adequately represented in your work by the very few pages devoted to them—more in the form of a passing notice than any
thing else . " First , then , in reply , the writer has us at fearful odds : we know him not—he does not append his name or address . Second . He says that the Review refers almost exclusively to Masonry in England ; and argues that , for want of Irish news , it is not surprising that it does not circulate extensively in Ireland . Is he prepared to show that we exclude news from the Sister Isle ? AA'ill he say that we do not
insert what we receive ? The insertion of his own letter is a proof of our disinterestedness . As to establishing correspondents in Ireland , and other parts , whose position ancl station will enable them to furnish intelligence , the course is open to all : it is easier for the many to aid and assist the operations of an editor , than for an editor to write to , and urge forward Brethren whom he has not the honour to be acquainted ivith . We conceive , that under circumstances , we have expressed
ourselves fairly ; ancl can only say , that we shall be most happy in entering into correspondence with any worthy Brother who will give us the opportunity ; but , be it understood , that if intelligence be not furnished , the fault should not be laid at our door .