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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
&§* We are requested to state that Dr . Crucefix has altogether retired from London . His address is , Grove , Gravesend , Kent ; where all communications should be addressed that are intended for his personal observation—indeed letters for the Editor ,, under cover to him , will more immediately reach their destination .
It is most earnestly entreated that , wherever possible , all communications may be written only on one side of tbe paper ; also , that all German and other foreign words may be most legibly written . We are requested by Dr . Crucefix , who is preparing for tbe Press an account of popular events in English Freemasonry , to be favoured by any Masonic papers ; more especially as relating to York and Athol Masonry —the trials of Preston , Whitney , Bonnor , and others . His own escapade is complete .
Many ladies have enquired after some of our Masonic poets , wondering that their lyric power should he in abeyance ; Bros . Gilfillan , Carpenter , Hersee , and Lee Stevens well know how welcome are their contributions , and loitt ^ we hope , reply accordingly to their fair enquirers . We are requested by "Mrs . Crucefix to offer her best thanks to "Sir James Stuart , the Wardens , and Brethren , " for the honour of their polite invitation to the Ball announced for the 24 th , and to express her regret at not being able to attend on an occasion so promising to the advancement of Masonic purposes .
The nddress of the Rev . GGO . Oliver , D . D ., is at Scop wick Vicarage , near Slenfonl , Lincolnshire . CAVKAC , 90 S . —A learned Brother is desirous of knowing the " undp-derivafur" of this word . Perhaps some member of the " Cavenc Lodge" will oblige him . An Anglo-Sumatran lias ruled it to be the Eldtrado term for " Hammersmith , " but we fear he is incorrect . A PAST GRAND STEWAKD , will please to accept our best thanks for the perusal ofthe very interesting ann . A \* Onn FrcLr __ o' . v _ . —With gre ; it respect for a charitable institution , from which in many
point's , certain Freemasons might c . < pv with advantage to society , we must decline the article . The members tor Windsor cannot have acted unwist- ' . y iu joining the Order , but we are not aware that either are Freemasons . AN ARCHITECT . —The la ' e Wif'iam WiJUins was a Brother , and probably initiated in tho Scientific Lndge , Cam bridge , when an under-graduate of Cains College . He expressed himself grained with having entered the Order and found it essential to him ( Hiring his travelling fellowship . C ? —Wc have not "Japonic productions in the form of sermonsor other
Mmens . seen any , writings by any of lhe Chaplains of lhe Grand Lodge since the Union ; they are , we are told , unaware of tf > e existence of Masonic works ! However estimable as men , they are of no authority as Masons . How selected for their office we know not . An OPS . —The Grand . Secretary is a grod Alasonic Lexicon , and may be consulted with advantage on things past . As ii Masonic authority he mav ntlo a case from his position , but is not hi fallible .
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
&§* We are requested to state that Dr . Crucefix has altogether retired from London . His address is , Grove , Gravesend , Kent ; where all communications should be addressed that are intended for his personal observation—indeed letters for the Editor ,, under cover to him , will more immediately reach their destination .
It is most earnestly entreated that , wherever possible , all communications may be written only on one side of tbe paper ; also , that all German and other foreign words may be most legibly written . We are requested by Dr . Crucefix , who is preparing for tbe Press an account of popular events in English Freemasonry , to be favoured by any Masonic papers ; more especially as relating to York and Athol Masonry —the trials of Preston , Whitney , Bonnor , and others . His own escapade is complete .
Many ladies have enquired after some of our Masonic poets , wondering that their lyric power should he in abeyance ; Bros . Gilfillan , Carpenter , Hersee , and Lee Stevens well know how welcome are their contributions , and loitt ^ we hope , reply accordingly to their fair enquirers . We are requested by "Mrs . Crucefix to offer her best thanks to "Sir James Stuart , the Wardens , and Brethren , " for the honour of their polite invitation to the Ball announced for the 24 th , and to express her regret at not being able to attend on an occasion so promising to the advancement of Masonic purposes .
The nddress of the Rev . GGO . Oliver , D . D ., is at Scop wick Vicarage , near Slenfonl , Lincolnshire . CAVKAC , 90 S . —A learned Brother is desirous of knowing the " undp-derivafur" of this word . Perhaps some member of the " Cavenc Lodge" will oblige him . An Anglo-Sumatran lias ruled it to be the Eldtrado term for " Hammersmith , " but we fear he is incorrect . A PAST GRAND STEWAKD , will please to accept our best thanks for the perusal ofthe very interesting ann . A \* Onn FrcLr __ o' . v _ . —With gre ; it respect for a charitable institution , from which in many
point's , certain Freemasons might c . < pv with advantage to society , we must decline the article . The members tor Windsor cannot have acted unwist- ' . y iu joining the Order , but we are not aware that either are Freemasons . AN ARCHITECT . —The la ' e Wif'iam WiJUins was a Brother , and probably initiated in tho Scientific Lndge , Cam bridge , when an under-graduate of Cains College . He expressed himself grained with having entered the Order and found it essential to him ( Hiring his travelling fellowship . C ? —Wc have not "Japonic productions in the form of sermonsor other
Mmens . seen any , writings by any of lhe Chaplains of lhe Grand Lodge since the Union ; they are , we are told , unaware of tf > e existence of Masonic works ! However estimable as men , they are of no authority as Masons . How selected for their office we know not . An OPS . —The Grand . Secretary is a grod Alasonic Lexicon , and may be consulted with advantage on things past . As ii Masonic authority he mav ntlo a case from his position , but is not hi fallible .