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To Correspondents.
BROTHER BARIIAM will perceive that we have anticipated his suggestion . ANTISJUITAS . —There is nothing ungrammaticaJ in the repetition ( three times ) of the words " acting by immemorial constitution , " in the summons ; one announcement would be sufficient and in better taste . Thanks for the MS . A LIMERICK BROTHER . —The letter refers less to Masonic matter than to a public trial ; we do not therefore publish it . CORRECTOR . —The list of Lodges , & c . from which the " distinguished" has retired , is preserved . The Corrector does not state what Lodge the party is a member of : the name was lately withdrawn from one * A CLERICAL MASON . —Confidence is a compliment . A . C-, C . A . —Why not give name and address , and why reverse the initials ?
SUFFOCATORIUM . —The " distinguished * ' did it all . The " permission " ticket was a pet of his own ; it was a wicked trick , however , to cause a kangaroo-like exit from the "Ladies ' chamber . '' A PROCTOR . —Thanks for the cuttings from the Times , in particular , we shall reserve Sir H . Jenner ' s summing upon certain evidence , until time and circumstance may render it necessary for our lance-corporal to inflict punishment . ( No . 1 . )—Report inadmissible—it cannot be true . BROTHER R . enquires , what can have induced the un-Masonic attack ? We can only reply
we know not ; certainly not to extort money from us , they have had enough already . We only wish that just debts were paid . To be cheated and abused is rayther too bad . 1 he moment selected for the attack was dastardly in the extreme . A HUMBLE BROTHER . —Thanks , kind Brother , hands like yours held up in Grand Lodge , would teach a moral ; it is for such as you that we have toiled day and night . A MASTER . —The four packets of prospectuses are received , and will be used as directed , "incase of need . " A SUBSCRIBER TO . —We decline entering at present into our reasons for declining the
office ; Iitis enough that weset it afoot , and hope that we may not be forced into explanations . ANTEDILUVIAN . — ' * Scenes m the Ark , in a Series of Letters , " is under consideration ; the portraits will require touching up to make them tolerably decent . A SUBREY MASON . —It would be ungenerous to republish from another print , what l \ as already caused sufficient sensation ; ingratitude is not our sin .
SEMPER FIDELIS . —The account from Heckmondwick came too late . QUERIST may be right . We ourselves never credited the party as a messenger ; vanity prompted the assumption of such an office ; but we do not acquit him of pouring into the ear the " leprous distihnent . " EACUS . —The libeller and his witnesses were in attendance on the 24 th , but the case stands over . BROTHER KEY , ( Saturday night , March 28 ) . —Altogether too late .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT , BUT THAT PENDING AN APPEAL , THERE CAN BE NO SUSPENSION OF ANY MASONIC FUNCTION OR PRIVILEGE , AND WE ARE SATISFIED , NO LAWYER OF ANY STANDING WOULD GIVE A CONTRARY OPINION . TYRO . —We are informed that the G . M . stated to a Brother upon some doubtful point , that if he would attend the Antiquity Lodge of Instruction , he would be set right ; this , we consider . sets the question at rest , and that any Brother , properly qualified , can enter such Lodge of Instruction . There is but one public law for all .
A BROTHER OF KENT . —As long ago as 1709 , erasure was the penalty attaching to all Lodges that did not comply with taxation , and expulsion of its members was ruled to be the duty of every Lodge ; but we could enumerate instances where the law has been evadedand where too a diflerent example should have been set . BROTHER W . H . WYNN . —There is no law against a Brother continuing to hold office in a Provincial Grand Lodge , although he may have ceased to be a subscribing member to any Lodge in the province . It is imperative that ' Brcthren initiated in Scotland and Ireland should on joining an English Lodge , pay for their registration and certificate , the same as naturally initiated Brothers .
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To Correspondents.
BROTHER BARIIAM will perceive that we have anticipated his suggestion . ANTISJUITAS . —There is nothing ungrammaticaJ in the repetition ( three times ) of the words " acting by immemorial constitution , " in the summons ; one announcement would be sufficient and in better taste . Thanks for the MS . A LIMERICK BROTHER . —The letter refers less to Masonic matter than to a public trial ; we do not therefore publish it . CORRECTOR . —The list of Lodges , & c . from which the " distinguished" has retired , is preserved . The Corrector does not state what Lodge the party is a member of : the name was lately withdrawn from one * A CLERICAL MASON . —Confidence is a compliment . A . C-, C . A . —Why not give name and address , and why reverse the initials ?
SUFFOCATORIUM . —The " distinguished * ' did it all . The " permission " ticket was a pet of his own ; it was a wicked trick , however , to cause a kangaroo-like exit from the "Ladies ' chamber . '' A PROCTOR . —Thanks for the cuttings from the Times , in particular , we shall reserve Sir H . Jenner ' s summing upon certain evidence , until time and circumstance may render it necessary for our lance-corporal to inflict punishment . ( No . 1 . )—Report inadmissible—it cannot be true . BROTHER R . enquires , what can have induced the un-Masonic attack ? We can only reply
we know not ; certainly not to extort money from us , they have had enough already . We only wish that just debts were paid . To be cheated and abused is rayther too bad . 1 he moment selected for the attack was dastardly in the extreme . A HUMBLE BROTHER . —Thanks , kind Brother , hands like yours held up in Grand Lodge , would teach a moral ; it is for such as you that we have toiled day and night . A MASTER . —The four packets of prospectuses are received , and will be used as directed , "incase of need . " A SUBSCRIBER TO . —We decline entering at present into our reasons for declining the
office ; Iitis enough that weset it afoot , and hope that we may not be forced into explanations . ANTEDILUVIAN . — ' * Scenes m the Ark , in a Series of Letters , " is under consideration ; the portraits will require touching up to make them tolerably decent . A SUBREY MASON . —It would be ungenerous to republish from another print , what l \ as already caused sufficient sensation ; ingratitude is not our sin .
SEMPER FIDELIS . —The account from Heckmondwick came too late . QUERIST may be right . We ourselves never credited the party as a messenger ; vanity prompted the assumption of such an office ; but we do not acquit him of pouring into the ear the " leprous distihnent . " EACUS . —The libeller and his witnesses were in attendance on the 24 th , but the case stands over . BROTHER KEY , ( Saturday night , March 28 ) . —Altogether too late .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT , BUT THAT PENDING AN APPEAL , THERE CAN BE NO SUSPENSION OF ANY MASONIC FUNCTION OR PRIVILEGE , AND WE ARE SATISFIED , NO LAWYER OF ANY STANDING WOULD GIVE A CONTRARY OPINION . TYRO . —We are informed that the G . M . stated to a Brother upon some doubtful point , that if he would attend the Antiquity Lodge of Instruction , he would be set right ; this , we consider . sets the question at rest , and that any Brother , properly qualified , can enter such Lodge of Instruction . There is but one public law for all .
A BROTHER OF KENT . —As long ago as 1709 , erasure was the penalty attaching to all Lodges that did not comply with taxation , and expulsion of its members was ruled to be the duty of every Lodge ; but we could enumerate instances where the law has been evadedand where too a diflerent example should have been set . BROTHER W . H . WYNN . —There is no law against a Brother continuing to hold office in a Provincial Grand Lodge , although he may have ceased to be a subscribing member to any Lodge in the province . It is imperative that ' Brcthren initiated in Scotland and Ireland should on joining an English Lodge , pay for their registration and certificate , the same as naturally initiated Brothers .