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To Correspondents.
EDITORS OF THK KILKENNY MODERATOR AND EDINUCROH EVENING POST . We are grateful for the good opinion so courteously expressed . I . H . C . ( 329 . ) If our esteemed Brother will hut study the Constitutions with half the zeal with which he essays to impress us with his warm-hearted but mistaken views , he will soon applaud the propriety of a recent compliment , which inexperience alone disposes him to question . A SECRETARY should have summoned the Brother to the meeting following that on which the resignation was tendered , inasmuch as until the minutes were confirmed , the membership did not actually cease ; at all events the summons would have been courteous . P . M . ( Bath . ) The recent regulation does not apply to Past Grand Stewards previous to IS ; JC .
OUTICUS is correct , the offices of Grand Registrar , Grand Deacons , and some other appointments in Grand Lodge , are creations since the Union . A BROTHER . ( 230 . ) See the Constitutions , as to visitors , and also the antient charges to Masters , which admonish the ignorant and sufficiently guard against impertinent curiosity . A MASTER . Benevolence , in our humble opinion , should wait for no one longer than five minutes ; she is the directress of our best sympathy , and ought not to be discouraged by the caprice or neglect of those who are by MASONIC LAW delegated to carry her intentions into eftect . When five minutes shall have elapsed , and a Grand Officer has " not appeared , let the Master of the Lodge first on the roll take the chair . Once or twice thus reproved , we will answer for itthat the Grand Officers who are summoned will feel that deviations from the
, law are inexcusable . ( October 2 GJ P . L . \ 240 . ) Let an application be made to Lord Monson , Prov . G . M . for the county , who will soon determine the point either by rallying the Lodge , or by taking measures that will cause its erasure from the list as having ceased to act . BRO . J . B . GORE ' S obliging communication has been attended to . BRO . MURPHY . Many thanks for a very interesting communication . H . G . We are obliged by the report , and solicit further correspondence . BRO . COLS . The clause 16 . 82 does notwe considerreach the questionunless the
, p , , , , Grand Steward-elect be either the Master , a Past Master , or a Warden , in which case it certainly does , as no Brother holding such rank in a red-apron Lodge can sit upon any board or Committee until the Grand Lodge dues shall be completed . BRO . COHRE . ( W . M ., 370 ) . We fear he may consider us inattentive to his communication of the 15 th August , but having felt it to be impossible to insert all the numerous addresses from Lodges to the Grand Master , that have been forwarded to us , we have altogether declined to publish any . BRO . Go VET ' S letter has been attended to .
PILGRIM . We envy him the happy recollection of his recent duties , and most gratefully appreciate his industry and kindness-ScoTO-AjfGL-us . 24 th December . Many thanks for the paper received this day , but the copy oi" the speech alluded to , has not reached us . A LEEDS BI-OTHKR . 24 th Dec . —The communication came too late ; it is dated the 17 th . —Whence this delay ? Bno . ELLIS . —His communication was " not refused ; " we duly received both the kind letters . BRO . CII . SMITH , 4 Of ) . —The illustrations by Br . Claret may be had through any bookseller ;
they were not written by Br . Gilkes , but are a compilation . The Masonic glee , " Here's a Health to Sussex , " is not published . The " Grey Head" may be had of any bookseller , through Dale , Cockerell , and Co ., Poultry , London . P . M . —The celebrated Dean Swift was , we presume , a Mason , being the reputed author of the Masonic song , the " Entered Apprentice . "
A VISITOR . —Such conduct is indecorous ; a visitor should never , without permission , take any part in the proceedings , and , least of all , foist his unsolicited promptings upon the lecturer . Serious inconvenience was sustained on Wednesday evening , the 21 st , by this behaviour ; and we are requested to deny most unequivocally by the lecturer , that he was , is , or likely to become a " pupil" of the party . A PROVINCIAL GRAND OFFICER must not assume the decoration of an officer of the Grand Lodge . AN AMATEUR . —We differ with his construction of the article in the " Constitutional ; " the word " dissatisfied " could not imply dissatisfaction at the performance , but seems intended to express the preconceived determination of the ladies NOT to be dissatisfiedthat they were
; agreeably surprised has been clearly proved . A . W . —Our esteemed Brother ' s report ( undated ) , postmark , Dec . 20 , reached us on the 22 nd . Does he wish us to forward him a copy of Rosenberg ' s Chart ? If so , we will find means to convey it direct to him . Our publisher received thc ^ noncy for the last , and has paid us for it . W . H . —The annual ball , conducted bv the Members of the Bank of England Lodge , at Hartley ' s Hotel , Blackfriars , is fixed for the 2 u ' th of January .
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To Correspondents.
EDITORS OF THK KILKENNY MODERATOR AND EDINUCROH EVENING POST . We are grateful for the good opinion so courteously expressed . I . H . C . ( 329 . ) If our esteemed Brother will hut study the Constitutions with half the zeal with which he essays to impress us with his warm-hearted but mistaken views , he will soon applaud the propriety of a recent compliment , which inexperience alone disposes him to question . A SECRETARY should have summoned the Brother to the meeting following that on which the resignation was tendered , inasmuch as until the minutes were confirmed , the membership did not actually cease ; at all events the summons would have been courteous . P . M . ( Bath . ) The recent regulation does not apply to Past Grand Stewards previous to IS ; JC .
OUTICUS is correct , the offices of Grand Registrar , Grand Deacons , and some other appointments in Grand Lodge , are creations since the Union . A BROTHER . ( 230 . ) See the Constitutions , as to visitors , and also the antient charges to Masters , which admonish the ignorant and sufficiently guard against impertinent curiosity . A MASTER . Benevolence , in our humble opinion , should wait for no one longer than five minutes ; she is the directress of our best sympathy , and ought not to be discouraged by the caprice or neglect of those who are by MASONIC LAW delegated to carry her intentions into eftect . When five minutes shall have elapsed , and a Grand Officer has " not appeared , let the Master of the Lodge first on the roll take the chair . Once or twice thus reproved , we will answer for itthat the Grand Officers who are summoned will feel that deviations from the
, law are inexcusable . ( October 2 GJ P . L . \ 240 . ) Let an application be made to Lord Monson , Prov . G . M . for the county , who will soon determine the point either by rallying the Lodge , or by taking measures that will cause its erasure from the list as having ceased to act . BRO . J . B . GORE ' S obliging communication has been attended to . BRO . MURPHY . Many thanks for a very interesting communication . H . G . We are obliged by the report , and solicit further correspondence . BRO . COLS . The clause 16 . 82 does notwe considerreach the questionunless the
, p , , , , Grand Steward-elect be either the Master , a Past Master , or a Warden , in which case it certainly does , as no Brother holding such rank in a red-apron Lodge can sit upon any board or Committee until the Grand Lodge dues shall be completed . BRO . COHRE . ( W . M ., 370 ) . We fear he may consider us inattentive to his communication of the 15 th August , but having felt it to be impossible to insert all the numerous addresses from Lodges to the Grand Master , that have been forwarded to us , we have altogether declined to publish any . BRO . Go VET ' S letter has been attended to .
PILGRIM . We envy him the happy recollection of his recent duties , and most gratefully appreciate his industry and kindness-ScoTO-AjfGL-us . 24 th December . Many thanks for the paper received this day , but the copy oi" the speech alluded to , has not reached us . A LEEDS BI-OTHKR . 24 th Dec . —The communication came too late ; it is dated the 17 th . —Whence this delay ? Bno . ELLIS . —His communication was " not refused ; " we duly received both the kind letters . BRO . CII . SMITH , 4 Of ) . —The illustrations by Br . Claret may be had through any bookseller ;
they were not written by Br . Gilkes , but are a compilation . The Masonic glee , " Here's a Health to Sussex , " is not published . The " Grey Head" may be had of any bookseller , through Dale , Cockerell , and Co ., Poultry , London . P . M . —The celebrated Dean Swift was , we presume , a Mason , being the reputed author of the Masonic song , the " Entered Apprentice . "
A VISITOR . —Such conduct is indecorous ; a visitor should never , without permission , take any part in the proceedings , and , least of all , foist his unsolicited promptings upon the lecturer . Serious inconvenience was sustained on Wednesday evening , the 21 st , by this behaviour ; and we are requested to deny most unequivocally by the lecturer , that he was , is , or likely to become a " pupil" of the party . A PROVINCIAL GRAND OFFICER must not assume the decoration of an officer of the Grand Lodge . AN AMATEUR . —We differ with his construction of the article in the " Constitutional ; " the word " dissatisfied " could not imply dissatisfaction at the performance , but seems intended to express the preconceived determination of the ladies NOT to be dissatisfiedthat they were
; agreeably surprised has been clearly proved . A . W . —Our esteemed Brother ' s report ( undated ) , postmark , Dec . 20 , reached us on the 22 nd . Does he wish us to forward him a copy of Rosenberg ' s Chart ? If so , we will find means to convey it direct to him . Our publisher received thc ^ noncy for the last , and has paid us for it . W . H . —The annual ball , conducted bv the Members of the Bank of England Lodge , at Hartley ' s Hotel , Blackfriars , is fixed for the 2 u ' th of January .