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To Correspondents.
A MASON—There is but little of " Honor and Generosity" in the paper . Wc havo long observed a disposition to sneer at conduct , from want of ability to imitate it . Infirmity ot temper may be overlooked . from indisposition to excite its petulance . If . however , petulance becomes intrusive , fallacy may be exposed without violation of the law . A glass house is more easily assailed than one more securely tiled . Be our answer this . "Moral conduct , peaceful habits , courteous behaviour , and Masonic reputation are qualifications we admire in others ; the want of tbem may be pitied ; but it is not necessary to treat such misfortunes with buffoonery , much less contempt . Let the party take warning , and we are silent . Bno . BAIN ' kind letter has heen attended to . A WEST INDIAN BROTHER . —Wc have received the brief communication , but not the newspapers alluded to . We request our brother editors or their friends to forward , with as
liule deiay as possible , any papers containing Masonic intelligence . A GRAND LODGE OFFICER . —Wc have complied with bis request , and look for accounts of all Masonic matters in his power . His name and address would be acceptable . He need not fear association with men of social , intellectual , and moral influence . BRO . HACKET . —We know nothing of any instruction to Lodges , under three locks , and bave no wish to meddle with such a subject . A WARDEN—We believe that Bro . Isaac Walton nominated H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex as Grand Master for the ensuing year . We have not heard who seconded the nomination ; nor can we decide whether the mover stated that he acted from impulse or direction . M . M . complains that he was obliged to leave the coin at the Grand Secretary ' s Office for a copy of the Constitutions , although he was obliged to call again , in consequence of there not
being anv signed . A GUANO OFFICER . —The late Robert Miller was the Custos of the Grand Officers' boxes , but did not generally receive douceurs . The exception proved the rule to the contrary . A COLLECTOR . —Masonic Calendars wanted : —All previous to 1775 ' , also 1777 , 1779 , 1780 , 17 IM , 1788 , 1801 , 1811 . Many thanks for some interesting anecdotes of the G . M . and Ins contemporaries . Bro . DAVIDSON . —We have succeeded in admitting the communication . Bro . N . P . C . LLOYD . —We hope to have conformed to his wishes . FIRST LODGK OF LIOIIT . —A report , undated , professing to come from this Lodge , not having either name or address , is therefore inadmissible . Bro . FIELD , ( 329 ) . —With much regret we are obliged to defer his excellent paper , which did not reach us until the 21 st . BRO . HYDE CLARK—The obliging communication was too late for the present number . Bao . HERRING too late .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . R A board of installed Masters cannot be formed , unless at least three regularly installed Masters or Past Masters be present . R . has some morbid notions ! hut without foundation . , A MASTER OF A Pnov . LODGE is correct in the main ; hut why did he not send m his opinion to the high legal commission ? The plea on the part of the commission is , that they had no power to amend the Constitutions . Why not have gone to the G . L . for more extensive powers ? In plain truth , we get nothing , after so many years of expectation , but a few verbal alterations , and some quaint legalisms . ONE THAT HAS SOUGHT BUT FOUND NOT—Our correspondent is , we presume , ol the genus " Diogenes . " Among the past worthies of the modern Craft , there was but one man who could write Part I . of the Constitutions , and he was prevented by a mean jealousy . Among the present , there is but one , and he , from the same cause , will not , we predict , Oe requested to perform a task for which he is so well qualified . K Having failed Masonically , we advise the parties to commence legally befote the Board . It is a paltry business;—we wish a good deliverance .
ARCH MATTERS . We reall y must refer several of our Correspondents to former numbers . Their letters are mere repetitions . . , ... ., P . Z . —We agree in his views . He is in time even now to write to the committee on the laws . Z . —Vide the last Grand Chapter for the best reply . ..,, -. ZETA must , on consideration , agree that the system , after all , being a unity , the closer it conforms with Craft regulations the better . As to " publication , ' it is not worth a thought . Even vour camel-swallowcrs and gnat-strainers dare not move in parliament against reporting and printing ; nay . there is to be ample accommodation for the former in the new Houses of Parliament , yet all contrary to law . Some say that Augustus punished Pindarus as a spy , for taking notes at public orations or lectures . What would Augustus say were he to see the present race of rep ol ters ?
TEMPLARS . A CARMELITE . —If the charter really does exist , a search warrant ( upon information !) might in case of need turn it up in the neighbourhood of Great St . Helen ' s . A KNIGHT . —Dr . Morison , of Paris ; the Vcn . Archdeacon Mant , nt Down ; Dr . 1 nomas Wrieht , of Dublin ; Mr . Aytoun ; Mr . Dcuchar , or Mr . W . Pringlc , of Ldmburgh ; Mr . Nash , of Bristol ; Mr . ( .-. W . Moore , of Boston , U . S ., are all Templar Masons of considerable attainments , and competent , to assist in the required examination . It we do not name any London authorities , it is for obvious reasons ; but we ought not to omit the Kev . or . Oliver , as perhaps the most competent to decide . . . . SIR KNT . THOMAS WRIGHT ( DUBLIN- ) —His very obliging return is received , and by me strenuous exertions of it friend has been inserted , although the late period of its arrival would otherwise have rendered it impossible .
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To Correspondents.
A MASON—There is but little of " Honor and Generosity" in the paper . Wc havo long observed a disposition to sneer at conduct , from want of ability to imitate it . Infirmity ot temper may be overlooked . from indisposition to excite its petulance . If . however , petulance becomes intrusive , fallacy may be exposed without violation of the law . A glass house is more easily assailed than one more securely tiled . Be our answer this . "Moral conduct , peaceful habits , courteous behaviour , and Masonic reputation are qualifications we admire in others ; the want of tbem may be pitied ; but it is not necessary to treat such misfortunes with buffoonery , much less contempt . Let the party take warning , and we are silent . Bno . BAIN ' kind letter has heen attended to . A WEST INDIAN BROTHER . —Wc have received the brief communication , but not the newspapers alluded to . We request our brother editors or their friends to forward , with as
liule deiay as possible , any papers containing Masonic intelligence . A GRAND LODGE OFFICER . —Wc have complied with bis request , and look for accounts of all Masonic matters in his power . His name and address would be acceptable . He need not fear association with men of social , intellectual , and moral influence . BRO . HACKET . —We know nothing of any instruction to Lodges , under three locks , and bave no wish to meddle with such a subject . A WARDEN—We believe that Bro . Isaac Walton nominated H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex as Grand Master for the ensuing year . We have not heard who seconded the nomination ; nor can we decide whether the mover stated that he acted from impulse or direction . M . M . complains that he was obliged to leave the coin at the Grand Secretary ' s Office for a copy of the Constitutions , although he was obliged to call again , in consequence of there not
being anv signed . A GUANO OFFICER . —The late Robert Miller was the Custos of the Grand Officers' boxes , but did not generally receive douceurs . The exception proved the rule to the contrary . A COLLECTOR . —Masonic Calendars wanted : —All previous to 1775 ' , also 1777 , 1779 , 1780 , 17 IM , 1788 , 1801 , 1811 . Many thanks for some interesting anecdotes of the G . M . and Ins contemporaries . Bro . DAVIDSON . —We have succeeded in admitting the communication . Bro . N . P . C . LLOYD . —We hope to have conformed to his wishes . FIRST LODGK OF LIOIIT . —A report , undated , professing to come from this Lodge , not having either name or address , is therefore inadmissible . Bro . FIELD , ( 329 ) . —With much regret we are obliged to defer his excellent paper , which did not reach us until the 21 st . BRO . HYDE CLARK—The obliging communication was too late for the present number . Bao . HERRING too late .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . R A board of installed Masters cannot be formed , unless at least three regularly installed Masters or Past Masters be present . R . has some morbid notions ! hut without foundation . , A MASTER OF A Pnov . LODGE is correct in the main ; hut why did he not send m his opinion to the high legal commission ? The plea on the part of the commission is , that they had no power to amend the Constitutions . Why not have gone to the G . L . for more extensive powers ? In plain truth , we get nothing , after so many years of expectation , but a few verbal alterations , and some quaint legalisms . ONE THAT HAS SOUGHT BUT FOUND NOT—Our correspondent is , we presume , ol the genus " Diogenes . " Among the past worthies of the modern Craft , there was but one man who could write Part I . of the Constitutions , and he was prevented by a mean jealousy . Among the present , there is but one , and he , from the same cause , will not , we predict , Oe requested to perform a task for which he is so well qualified . K Having failed Masonically , we advise the parties to commence legally befote the Board . It is a paltry business;—we wish a good deliverance .
ARCH MATTERS . We reall y must refer several of our Correspondents to former numbers . Their letters are mere repetitions . . , ... ., P . Z . —We agree in his views . He is in time even now to write to the committee on the laws . Z . —Vide the last Grand Chapter for the best reply . ..,, -. ZETA must , on consideration , agree that the system , after all , being a unity , the closer it conforms with Craft regulations the better . As to " publication , ' it is not worth a thought . Even vour camel-swallowcrs and gnat-strainers dare not move in parliament against reporting and printing ; nay . there is to be ample accommodation for the former in the new Houses of Parliament , yet all contrary to law . Some say that Augustus punished Pindarus as a spy , for taking notes at public orations or lectures . What would Augustus say were he to see the present race of rep ol ters ?
TEMPLARS . A CARMELITE . —If the charter really does exist , a search warrant ( upon information !) might in case of need turn it up in the neighbourhood of Great St . Helen ' s . A KNIGHT . —Dr . Morison , of Paris ; the Vcn . Archdeacon Mant , nt Down ; Dr . 1 nomas Wrieht , of Dublin ; Mr . Aytoun ; Mr . Dcuchar , or Mr . W . Pringlc , of Ldmburgh ; Mr . Nash , of Bristol ; Mr . ( .-. W . Moore , of Boston , U . S ., are all Templar Masons of considerable attainments , and competent , to assist in the required examination . It we do not name any London authorities , it is for obvious reasons ; but we ought not to omit the Kev . or . Oliver , as perhaps the most competent to decide . . . . SIR KNT . THOMAS WRIGHT ( DUBLIN- ) —His very obliging return is received , and by me strenuous exertions of it friend has been inserted , although the late period of its arrival would otherwise have rendered it impossible .