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To Correspondents.
THE Address of Major-General Cooke , LI ,. Ih , is * ' Mansion IIouse . SMbany , New V ( jrk , U . S . A . " R . M . —Thanks for the paper . E . G . W . —Prosper tho work of charity ! A WIDOW sliould apply to the S . G . W . of all England , who ii * he may not sympathise , may possibly be inclined to look sharp after her case . R , G . —Thanks for a very complimentary allusion .
J . R . S- — Remember ! A Puov . GRAND OFFICER ( Ire / and ) should give name and address . B . —The Communication is creditable to the heart and head—why then does the writer shrink from giving name and address ? If he lacks confidence , why should we incur responsibility ? BRO . GIBUS AND OTHERS . —May abundant success attend your efforts . BRO . JOHN CLARKE . —We await the promised history with anxious interest , and purposely refrain from any partial reference to a circumstance of such masonic importance .
A MEMBER , GRAXD LODGE enquires why a motion for the return of money to General Cooke ( such heing new matter ) should take precedence of the reading of the Reports of Benevolence , and to the total negJeet of all general business . BROTHER CAXTON ' S GHOST . —Printing is costly , or we would recommend that a pamphlet be circulated containing the entire proceedings of the schism among the Anglo-Indian brethren in Bengal . JEWISH CHRONICLE—We are charged with no less than five piracies in our last ; to deny
this might expose us to au easy defeat . Suffice it to say , that we never intentionally commit injustice . Truth to say that , for several weeks ., we did not receive our usual copy of the " Jewish Chronicle , " during which time some kind friends sent us some extracts , which turned out to be " cuttings therefrom . " BRO . WATSON will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his excellent paper . BRO . RETTIK . —Many thanks . Ex -QUO-VIS XIGNO NON FIT MJJR CUM us . —The sweet words that fe }} from honied Jips were <( beastly—filthy , " Ohejetm satis I The dog and the vomit . A NEIVPORT BROTHER . —We hope to have satisfied our correspondent
A . R . M . —The report of the masonic ball at Manchester reached us too late . A COSMOPOLITE MASON is right ; a man may be over-zealous , and thereby injure his cause , but he should not injure other charities by improper allusions ; such * conduct is offensive—and we caution many—but one in particular , an active and intelligent brother—to discontinue a practice that is highly exceptionable . The Asylum does not altogether want friends that have been and continue to be among the foremost to support all the other charities ., —which may sustain more loss than they will reap profit from indiscreet remarks . A PROV . G . D . —We are not disposed to give needless publicity to unkindness . We are a
commercial nation , and if a tradesman ' s daughter be present at a masonic ball , it is ungentlemanly as well as unmasonic for any aristocratic fool to disrespect a gentle descendant of Eve . BRO . MERCHANT AND SEVERAL OTHERS . —We will do our best . BRO . J . SMITH observes— " What is the use of the Grand Editor ' s Circular ? " Answer—* ' In pertussum ingerimus dicta dolium "—Havers !
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . G . R . will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his letter . R . H . W . on Masonie Heraldry . There can be no reasonable objection to the adoption by a lodge of proper armorial bearings ; in fact the constitutions direct the use of a seal , subject to the approval of the Grand Master . The drawing sent is elegant ancl correct—but why does not our correspondent give name and address ? ROYAL ARCH , E , S . —The ceremony of consecration is necessary for the opening of a chapter—unless in
districts where consecration is not possible . SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL . V . —The emblems of the 33 rd Degree can only be borne by S . G . I . G . THE ASYLUM . The Sod is turned—the Stone will be laid on the 24 th of May . The aid of Lodge-votes and Private Subscriptions are most earnestly entreated .
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To Correspondents.
THE Address of Major-General Cooke , LI ,. Ih , is * ' Mansion IIouse . SMbany , New V ( jrk , U . S . A . " R . M . —Thanks for the paper . E . G . W . —Prosper tho work of charity ! A WIDOW sliould apply to the S . G . W . of all England , who ii * he may not sympathise , may possibly be inclined to look sharp after her case . R , G . —Thanks for a very complimentary allusion .
J . R . S- — Remember ! A Puov . GRAND OFFICER ( Ire / and ) should give name and address . B . —The Communication is creditable to the heart and head—why then does the writer shrink from giving name and address ? If he lacks confidence , why should we incur responsibility ? BRO . GIBUS AND OTHERS . —May abundant success attend your efforts . BRO . JOHN CLARKE . —We await the promised history with anxious interest , and purposely refrain from any partial reference to a circumstance of such masonic importance .
A MEMBER , GRAXD LODGE enquires why a motion for the return of money to General Cooke ( such heing new matter ) should take precedence of the reading of the Reports of Benevolence , and to the total negJeet of all general business . BROTHER CAXTON ' S GHOST . —Printing is costly , or we would recommend that a pamphlet be circulated containing the entire proceedings of the schism among the Anglo-Indian brethren in Bengal . JEWISH CHRONICLE—We are charged with no less than five piracies in our last ; to deny
this might expose us to au easy defeat . Suffice it to say , that we never intentionally commit injustice . Truth to say that , for several weeks ., we did not receive our usual copy of the " Jewish Chronicle , " during which time some kind friends sent us some extracts , which turned out to be " cuttings therefrom . " BRO . WATSON will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his excellent paper . BRO . RETTIK . —Many thanks . Ex -QUO-VIS XIGNO NON FIT MJJR CUM us . —The sweet words that fe }} from honied Jips were <( beastly—filthy , " Ohejetm satis I The dog and the vomit . A NEIVPORT BROTHER . —We hope to have satisfied our correspondent
A . R . M . —The report of the masonic ball at Manchester reached us too late . A COSMOPOLITE MASON is right ; a man may be over-zealous , and thereby injure his cause , but he should not injure other charities by improper allusions ; such * conduct is offensive—and we caution many—but one in particular , an active and intelligent brother—to discontinue a practice that is highly exceptionable . The Asylum does not altogether want friends that have been and continue to be among the foremost to support all the other charities ., —which may sustain more loss than they will reap profit from indiscreet remarks . A PROV . G . D . —We are not disposed to give needless publicity to unkindness . We are a
commercial nation , and if a tradesman ' s daughter be present at a masonic ball , it is ungentlemanly as well as unmasonic for any aristocratic fool to disrespect a gentle descendant of Eve . BRO . MERCHANT AND SEVERAL OTHERS . —We will do our best . BRO . J . SMITH observes— " What is the use of the Grand Editor ' s Circular ? " Answer—* ' In pertussum ingerimus dicta dolium "—Havers !
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . G . R . will perceive that we have availed ourselves of his letter . R . H . W . on Masonie Heraldry . There can be no reasonable objection to the adoption by a lodge of proper armorial bearings ; in fact the constitutions direct the use of a seal , subject to the approval of the Grand Master . The drawing sent is elegant ancl correct—but why does not our correspondent give name and address ? ROYAL ARCH , E , S . —The ceremony of consecration is necessary for the opening of a chapter—unless in
districts where consecration is not possible . SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL . V . —The emblems of the 33 rd Degree can only be borne by S . G . I . G . THE ASYLUM . The Sod is turned—the Stone will be laid on the 24 th of May . The aid of Lodge-votes and Private Subscriptions are most earnestly entreated .