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To The Editor.
The Lodge which I have the honour of presiding over consists of forty members , and among that number , owing to its high price , only three take in the Masonic Calendar ; now , were it reduced to Is . Gd . , I am certain twenty or more would take copies every year ; other pocketbooks and diaries , containing much more information , are sold at the price I have stated , ancl I don ' t see why the Masonic Calendar should , not be sold equally reasonable ; consequentlythe benefit to the Charities
, would be greater in proportion to what it is now . I hope these few remarks may lead to its being obtained at a cheaper price . At the same time , I beg to inform you , that the Royal Sussex Lodge ( which has for many years subscribed to the Masonic Boys ' School ) intend to take into their serious consideration , the necessity of subscribing to the Girls' School and the Asylum , in order to render the triangle of their Masonic subscriptions complete .
I am , Sir , yours respectfully and fraternally , W . SIMMONS , W . M ., NO . 428 . Portsmouth , Feb . 4 , 1840 . We the more readily insert the above letter , as being one from several that advert very strongly upon the same subjects ; we , on our own account , however , should prefer an improved Calendar at the present price , rather than the present Calendar at a reduced price . —ED .
MR . EDITOR , —In reply to " Tyro" in your Quarterly for December , 1839 , p . 550 , ofthe Brethren who first formed the Lodge of Reconciliation , there are ( I believe ) but three living—Bro . Mestayer , of the Grand Lodge , under his Grace the Duke of Athol ; and Bro . Shadbolt ancl Bro . Thompson , of the Grand Lodge , under His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . Before the close of the workings of the Lodge of Reconciliation , Bro . Satterly ancl Bro . Broadfoot , formerly of the Grand Lodge , under his
Grace the Duke of Athol , were returned to supply the place of two of that body . A CONSTANT READER .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —It has long been matter of surprise to me , that a society like Freemasonry , whose chief characteristics are benevolence and charity , and the cultivation of every moral and social virtue , should as a body , seem so lax in providing the necessary subscriptions for the support of our charitable institutions ; on looking over the list of subscribers the smallness of the number added to my surprise , especially when
compared with the great good hitherto accomplished , which reflectsthe highest credit on the management of their scanty funds . My astonishment was still greater when I referred to the list of subscribing Lodges , and I have endeavoured to ascertain the cause : my conclusion is that our funds are dissipated , in many instances , by our meetings at taverns ; in others , by various modes of mismanagement , but the former is the chief cause . VOL . VII . n
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To The Editor.
The Lodge which I have the honour of presiding over consists of forty members , and among that number , owing to its high price , only three take in the Masonic Calendar ; now , were it reduced to Is . Gd . , I am certain twenty or more would take copies every year ; other pocketbooks and diaries , containing much more information , are sold at the price I have stated , ancl I don ' t see why the Masonic Calendar should , not be sold equally reasonable ; consequentlythe benefit to the Charities
, would be greater in proportion to what it is now . I hope these few remarks may lead to its being obtained at a cheaper price . At the same time , I beg to inform you , that the Royal Sussex Lodge ( which has for many years subscribed to the Masonic Boys ' School ) intend to take into their serious consideration , the necessity of subscribing to the Girls' School and the Asylum , in order to render the triangle of their Masonic subscriptions complete .
I am , Sir , yours respectfully and fraternally , W . SIMMONS , W . M ., NO . 428 . Portsmouth , Feb . 4 , 1840 . We the more readily insert the above letter , as being one from several that advert very strongly upon the same subjects ; we , on our own account , however , should prefer an improved Calendar at the present price , rather than the present Calendar at a reduced price . —ED .
MR . EDITOR , —In reply to " Tyro" in your Quarterly for December , 1839 , p . 550 , ofthe Brethren who first formed the Lodge of Reconciliation , there are ( I believe ) but three living—Bro . Mestayer , of the Grand Lodge , under his Grace the Duke of Athol ; and Bro . Shadbolt ancl Bro . Thompson , of the Grand Lodge , under His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . Before the close of the workings of the Lodge of Reconciliation , Bro . Satterly ancl Bro . Broadfoot , formerly of the Grand Lodge , under his
Grace the Duke of Athol , were returned to supply the place of two of that body . A CONSTANT READER .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —It has long been matter of surprise to me , that a society like Freemasonry , whose chief characteristics are benevolence and charity , and the cultivation of every moral and social virtue , should as a body , seem so lax in providing the necessary subscriptions for the support of our charitable institutions ; on looking over the list of subscribers the smallness of the number added to my surprise , especially when
compared with the great good hitherto accomplished , which reflectsthe highest credit on the management of their scanty funds . My astonishment was still greater when I referred to the list of subscribing Lodges , and I have endeavoured to ascertain the cause : my conclusion is that our funds are dissipated , in many instances , by our meetings at taverns ; in others , by various modes of mismanagement , but the former is the chief cause . VOL . VII . n