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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Trusting to an understanding that " by-gones are by-gones / ' we refrain from publishing numerous letters "in re 30 th October / ' but to have declined to notice some particular points would have been discourteous .
TYRO . —In June 1839 , a motion to the effect that the hour stated in the summons should , in all Masonic meetings , be the precise time of meeting , was carried by a majority of one , in the presence of the Grand Master ; at the Grand Lodge in September following , whenputfor confirmation , the said motion was lost by a majority of three . The case is in point A MASTER . —We have before suggested that a copy of the Constitutions should Represented to every Brother on his initiation , thus extending information and promoting the sale of the book . So impressed were the a ? itient Brethren with the importance of some such course , that by their Constitutions of 1723 { see p . 74 ) , they directed that " the new Brethren should
peruse them ( the Book ) before they are made . " ECONOMIST is wrong as to the enormous expence ( his own words ) of the Grand Officers ' new clothing . If we mistake not , the Jewels of the G . M ., Pro-G . M ., D . G . M ., and Wardens , were retained in use , as also the Treasurer ' s Jewel , which many years since was presented to Grand Lodge by Brother Bayford . Ax ADMIRER . —The packet alluded to in a letter dated ith October has not reached us . We thc more regret this , as intelligence from the West Indies is always very desirable . A LINCOLNSHIRE MASON . —Let the dates of letters addressed to the Secretariat , and .
remaining unanswered , be presented to some active Member of Grand Lodge , who may probably draw attention to the discourtesy , if this hint prove insufficient SENKX . —The united ages of the three Masonic seers amount to 194 years . The fragment " Minos , Rhadamanthus and Eacus" hereafter . At the present moment it would be misinterpreted . AN ATHOL MASON . —The article is inadmissible . Our old acquaintance is still in a dream ,
ancl his breathing stertorous ; he cannot shake offhis " incubus , " and his two slighter vexations prevent refreshing sleep . Ease of mind , pleasant society , and cheerful prospects , will work his cure . VIGILANS . —With pain we have observed the transfer ofthe name . A YORKITE MASON . —Our opinion is unaltered . Keep your money . A QUONDAM MEMBER is wrong in calling the " bill of attainder" the child of many fathers —with one or two hints from , it had but one parent—its adoption by others followed as a matter of course .
ONE WHO APPROVED . —Not a penny has yet been paid . I . H . —Of course all expences of the prosecution are defrayed from the public purse . The defendant paid all his own costs . Legal phrases being the order of the day , it is as well to be handy at them . FACT . —Intimidation and neutrality formed a temporary alliance , which it is to he hoped prudence will dissolve , or contempt may expose . A NEUTRAL FRIEND complains ofthe length of provincial intelligence ! How many
complain of a neutral friend t A P . G . OFFICKR . —We are obliged by the courtesy . The Brother named has talent , and it will afford us pleasure to find it employed in Masonic explanations . We are sceptical , however , as to his experience ; in general literature we believe him erudite ; but Masonic lore is not very quickly acquired , aud the time of the Brother has been employed lately more as a . legist than a philosopher . AV . W . M . —Too late . Wc will write .
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To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Trusting to an understanding that " by-gones are by-gones / ' we refrain from publishing numerous letters "in re 30 th October / ' but to have declined to notice some particular points would have been discourteous .
TYRO . —In June 1839 , a motion to the effect that the hour stated in the summons should , in all Masonic meetings , be the precise time of meeting , was carried by a majority of one , in the presence of the Grand Master ; at the Grand Lodge in September following , whenputfor confirmation , the said motion was lost by a majority of three . The case is in point A MASTER . —We have before suggested that a copy of the Constitutions should Represented to every Brother on his initiation , thus extending information and promoting the sale of the book . So impressed were the a ? itient Brethren with the importance of some such course , that by their Constitutions of 1723 { see p . 74 ) , they directed that " the new Brethren should
peruse them ( the Book ) before they are made . " ECONOMIST is wrong as to the enormous expence ( his own words ) of the Grand Officers ' new clothing . If we mistake not , the Jewels of the G . M ., Pro-G . M ., D . G . M ., and Wardens , were retained in use , as also the Treasurer ' s Jewel , which many years since was presented to Grand Lodge by Brother Bayford . Ax ADMIRER . —The packet alluded to in a letter dated ith October has not reached us . We thc more regret this , as intelligence from the West Indies is always very desirable . A LINCOLNSHIRE MASON . —Let the dates of letters addressed to the Secretariat , and .
remaining unanswered , be presented to some active Member of Grand Lodge , who may probably draw attention to the discourtesy , if this hint prove insufficient SENKX . —The united ages of the three Masonic seers amount to 194 years . The fragment " Minos , Rhadamanthus and Eacus" hereafter . At the present moment it would be misinterpreted . AN ATHOL MASON . —The article is inadmissible . Our old acquaintance is still in a dream ,
ancl his breathing stertorous ; he cannot shake offhis " incubus , " and his two slighter vexations prevent refreshing sleep . Ease of mind , pleasant society , and cheerful prospects , will work his cure . VIGILANS . —With pain we have observed the transfer ofthe name . A YORKITE MASON . —Our opinion is unaltered . Keep your money . A QUONDAM MEMBER is wrong in calling the " bill of attainder" the child of many fathers —with one or two hints from , it had but one parent—its adoption by others followed as a matter of course .
ONE WHO APPROVED . —Not a penny has yet been paid . I . H . —Of course all expences of the prosecution are defrayed from the public purse . The defendant paid all his own costs . Legal phrases being the order of the day , it is as well to be handy at them . FACT . —Intimidation and neutrality formed a temporary alliance , which it is to he hoped prudence will dissolve , or contempt may expose . A NEUTRAL FRIEND complains ofthe length of provincial intelligence ! How many
complain of a neutral friend t A P . G . OFFICKR . —We are obliged by the courtesy . The Brother named has talent , and it will afford us pleasure to find it employed in Masonic explanations . We are sceptical , however , as to his experience ; in general literature we believe him erudite ; but Masonic lore is not very quickly acquired , aud the time of the Brother has been employed lately more as a . legist than a philosopher . AV . W . M . —Too late . Wc will write .