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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
G . ( Pembroke ) and several others . —We decline to insert any communications that are sent without name and address . E . A—Th * e original" Entered 'Prentice's Song , " was written by the late Brother Matthew Birkhead , about the year 1720 . Quiz— " A Word to the Wise" was published in 17 . 06 . —Verb . sat . TRINOSOPHE . —The words are " Bien penser , hien dire , hien faire . " BROTHER G . FITZ-GERALD . —His obliging communication has been attended to . X . —The report of the Installation of H . R . H . the late Duke of York , is very acceptable ;
we have entered it as among the forthcoming annals ofthe Prince of Wales's Lodge . P . M . —The MS ., if found correct , will appear in the same article . A PROV . GRAND OFFICER ( Wakefield . )—We cannot , with propriety , enter at length upon the subject just now . Theorders of architecture afford an excellent opportunity fora lecture ; and the suggestion relating to uniformity of working , is most desirable . FIDUS is a keen observer . The present Constitutions are out of print , and we shall take counsel ( with ourselves !) upon the expediency of printing them in the Review , and in a way too without having the fear of copyright hefore us .
BRO . N . L . TORRE will accept our thanks for his present contribution , and also for the promise of future lays . BRO . J . S . KEDDELL ( 184 . )—Our readers , and in particular Bro . G . Aarons , will appreciate the letter which we publish . HEXAMETER . —Yes . Sir F . Pollock was initiated at Cambridge . P . M . ( Norwich . )— Bro . Lambe was , but Lord Suffield is , the Deputy Grand Master for Norfolk . P . M . ( Norwich , ) CLAVIS ( Suffolk , ) H . A . { Ipswich . )—Anon .
LATOMUS—Perge frater . BRO . ELLIS . —The letter has been forwarded . EXPECTANS . —Ne crede . A PAULITE MASON . —The words were " Disce—Doce—aut discede . '
UTILITY . —An interview is desired before the communication is published . ORDER . —The clothing for the Officers of the Grand Lodge mil , we are informed , be ready in time for the Grand Festival . The TAUNTON COURIER . —Some debts of courtesy are due to the Editor , but as it savours of ingratitude to be hasty in discharging them , we will cheerfully continue to bear the pleasing obligation . BRO . CLAY will perceive that we have complied with his request , although witli some difficulty as to time .
BRO . WARRINER will kindly bear in mind that his object is engrafted on a general noticebut we gratefully thank him for his prompt information . BRO . CLERKE BURTON ( Cape Town . ) - " The Song of the Restoration" came too late for the present Number , but will appear in our next . BRO . G . AARONS . —Our Brother will ( mentally ) perceive that the Committee of the Grand Stewards' Lodge could not well arrive at any other conclusion . For ourselves , however , ive freely acknowledge , that having carefully examined the several points of his argument , we approve them , being satisfied that they do not in any way affect the land-marks , while they do
tend to facilitate and improve explanation . CHARITAS is mistaken ; many Lodges have a proviso in their by-laws on the subject , and among these are Nos . 324 and 329 . A GRAND STEWARD ELECT should obtain a copy of the by-laws of 324 ; he will there find an admirable regulation to make the " red apron" a proper " badge of distinction . " A MASON , BUT NO ODD FELLOW . —We recommend the following extract from a public advertisement , signed . W . CAMPION , Deputy Secretary , dated Oct . 4 , 1837- We are not one of the Odd Fellows , but are gratified in the liberality of the sentiments expressed . Speaking of
their own Society , the Address states that " it is , in fact , a valuable substitute / or the ancient and venerable system of Freemasonry—a system ivhich ranks amongst its Brethren the great and the noble of this and evci'y other cioili ~ ed country—Odd Fellowship offering many ofthe advantages of that honourable Order to the middle and working classesj to whom the benefits of Masonry arc almost inaccessible , on account of its more expensive mode of initiation"
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
G . ( Pembroke ) and several others . —We decline to insert any communications that are sent without name and address . E . A—Th * e original" Entered 'Prentice's Song , " was written by the late Brother Matthew Birkhead , about the year 1720 . Quiz— " A Word to the Wise" was published in 17 . 06 . —Verb . sat . TRINOSOPHE . —The words are " Bien penser , hien dire , hien faire . " BROTHER G . FITZ-GERALD . —His obliging communication has been attended to . X . —The report of the Installation of H . R . H . the late Duke of York , is very acceptable ;
we have entered it as among the forthcoming annals ofthe Prince of Wales's Lodge . P . M . —The MS ., if found correct , will appear in the same article . A PROV . GRAND OFFICER ( Wakefield . )—We cannot , with propriety , enter at length upon the subject just now . Theorders of architecture afford an excellent opportunity fora lecture ; and the suggestion relating to uniformity of working , is most desirable . FIDUS is a keen observer . The present Constitutions are out of print , and we shall take counsel ( with ourselves !) upon the expediency of printing them in the Review , and in a way too without having the fear of copyright hefore us .
BRO . N . L . TORRE will accept our thanks for his present contribution , and also for the promise of future lays . BRO . J . S . KEDDELL ( 184 . )—Our readers , and in particular Bro . G . Aarons , will appreciate the letter which we publish . HEXAMETER . —Yes . Sir F . Pollock was initiated at Cambridge . P . M . ( Norwich . )— Bro . Lambe was , but Lord Suffield is , the Deputy Grand Master for Norfolk . P . M . ( Norwich , ) CLAVIS ( Suffolk , ) H . A . { Ipswich . )—Anon .
LATOMUS—Perge frater . BRO . ELLIS . —The letter has been forwarded . EXPECTANS . —Ne crede . A PAULITE MASON . —The words were " Disce—Doce—aut discede . '
UTILITY . —An interview is desired before the communication is published . ORDER . —The clothing for the Officers of the Grand Lodge mil , we are informed , be ready in time for the Grand Festival . The TAUNTON COURIER . —Some debts of courtesy are due to the Editor , but as it savours of ingratitude to be hasty in discharging them , we will cheerfully continue to bear the pleasing obligation . BRO . CLAY will perceive that we have complied with his request , although witli some difficulty as to time .
BRO . WARRINER will kindly bear in mind that his object is engrafted on a general noticebut we gratefully thank him for his prompt information . BRO . CLERKE BURTON ( Cape Town . ) - " The Song of the Restoration" came too late for the present Number , but will appear in our next . BRO . G . AARONS . —Our Brother will ( mentally ) perceive that the Committee of the Grand Stewards' Lodge could not well arrive at any other conclusion . For ourselves , however , ive freely acknowledge , that having carefully examined the several points of his argument , we approve them , being satisfied that they do not in any way affect the land-marks , while they do
tend to facilitate and improve explanation . CHARITAS is mistaken ; many Lodges have a proviso in their by-laws on the subject , and among these are Nos . 324 and 329 . A GRAND STEWARD ELECT should obtain a copy of the by-laws of 324 ; he will there find an admirable regulation to make the " red apron" a proper " badge of distinction . " A MASON , BUT NO ODD FELLOW . —We recommend the following extract from a public advertisement , signed . W . CAMPION , Deputy Secretary , dated Oct . 4 , 1837- We are not one of the Odd Fellows , but are gratified in the liberality of the sentiments expressed . Speaking of
their own Society , the Address states that " it is , in fact , a valuable substitute / or the ancient and venerable system of Freemasonry—a system ivhich ranks amongst its Brethren the great and the noble of this and evci'y other cioili ~ ed country—Odd Fellowship offering many ofthe advantages of that honourable Order to the middle and working classesj to whom the benefits of Masonry arc almost inaccessible , on account of its more expensive mode of initiation"