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To Correspondents.
enjoined as a qualification for the Ked Apron , than that of the Grand-Festival ; the expense attending it formerly was £ 100 , it is now about £ 20 . The Grand Officers are not selected , as formerly , from the Grand Stewards' Lodge . v CATO . —We have selected his letter from several on the same subject : liis retirement , if the evil be continued , would be a reproof to the offenders . THESPIS . — " . Harlequin Freemason" was produced-at Covent Garden Theatre in 1 / 80 ; the songs and choruses were very appropriate , and the procession must-have been most gorgeous . A P . G . OFFICER . —The particulars o £ the P . -W . Lodge supply a desideratum , and we can
now arrange the materials . PHIZ . —Casein point : —Some years since ( in our own recollection ) the four Barons in the Exchequer were thus described— " The lawyer and gentleman—the lawyer and no gentleman —tlie gentleman and no lawyer—neither lawyer nor gentleman . ' * Substitute Mason for lawyer , and the present four originals can be described by Phiz . PU . ORI . II . —More than thanks * . THE AUTHOR' < JF THE " EULOGIUM . " —Many thanks for the last communication—privacy shall be respected ;
BRO . SN EWING , ( 23 ) . —We invoke future aspirations . A POOR MASON . —The salaries of the functionaries are about £ 1000 per annum . The secretaries of the Girls' and Boys' Schools receive each , we believe , £ 50 ; the secretary of the Asylum £ 21 . The amount Q £ salary for the new Benevolent Fund is not yet fixed . The several collectors are- paid by commission . We never heard that the Grand Rep , receives any gratuity for his services . A SCOTTISH MASOw . —The publication of the new edition of Laurie's Masonry will probably appear in-the spring . . BRO . DR . SENIOR . —We hope to have done justice to the report . He was , however , so
overcautious in sealing it , that we had much difficulty in discovering the " . well . " LECTOR . —If he will refer to page G 2 , No . 33 , he will find his object anticipated . Name and address are requested with any future communication ; the present signature will do for publication . . ANTIQUARIUS . —The letter has a Masonic reference ; : will our correspondent , for our own satisfaction , favor us with name and address ? A GIBRALTAR MASON . —As the correspondence" is unattended . toj- act as well as . you : canbut act . '
A KNOWING '* ONE . —Thelletteris not suited to us . Grapes may be sour , but we believe the . offer was really made and declined . " The Masonic cream-coloured horses" was probably the phrase used ; and might be considered as a joke ; assuming that a mounted Masonic police might assist the present constabulary force . The party alluded to is certaihly-not only one of the wittiest but wisest of men—a very miracle— 4 t When I speak , let no dog bark . " F-. B . II . —The letter of the 6 th , received on the 9 th , was too late ; but the subject has , we consider , been fortunately noticed already . Ijno . BAIN . —The late arrival of his dispatch has prevented our giving it in : full .
A PARTAKER . —The pleasant account of . No . 37 came too late for insertion . AVe can only notice : the compliment . paid , by an illustrious Brother to a P . J . G . D . in the form and substance of a haunch of venison , which was presented by him to tlie Lodge . , BRO ; W . K .-AVARD ' , ( 27 th ) . —Too late . - Bno . DUNN . —An article on the subject . was in type . bcfote . his communication . CUPAR . —Toolate ; but why no name or address ? BRO . CHAMBERS , ( 23 rd ) . —Our kind correspondent is toolate .- SIT : Lux , ( 23 rd ) . —Having neither name or address , we cannot throw sufficient ** Lux" on the subject . . A silly exhibition does really now and then take place as a libelon the memory of * Preston .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . Having received numerous letters complaining that answers are withheld , we recommend that the following form be adopted , and struck oft" by the Grand Printer : — Sir and Brother , ' Freemasons' Hall , London 18 I am in receipt-of your letter under date the , and have placed-the same before H . Ii . H . tho AI . W . Grand Master , whose commands thereon J will communicate when directed . Yours fraternally , W . H . AVHITE , G . S .
Some such plan would save trouble , idle excuses , and unnecessary responsibility . It would also appear civil , and a little civility goes a great way . VOL . IX . 3 P
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To Correspondents.
enjoined as a qualification for the Ked Apron , than that of the Grand-Festival ; the expense attending it formerly was £ 100 , it is now about £ 20 . The Grand Officers are not selected , as formerly , from the Grand Stewards' Lodge . v CATO . —We have selected his letter from several on the same subject : liis retirement , if the evil be continued , would be a reproof to the offenders . THESPIS . — " . Harlequin Freemason" was produced-at Covent Garden Theatre in 1 / 80 ; the songs and choruses were very appropriate , and the procession must-have been most gorgeous . A P . G . OFFICER . —The particulars o £ the P . -W . Lodge supply a desideratum , and we can
now arrange the materials . PHIZ . —Casein point : —Some years since ( in our own recollection ) the four Barons in the Exchequer were thus described— " The lawyer and gentleman—the lawyer and no gentleman —tlie gentleman and no lawyer—neither lawyer nor gentleman . ' * Substitute Mason for lawyer , and the present four originals can be described by Phiz . PU . ORI . II . —More than thanks * . THE AUTHOR' < JF THE " EULOGIUM . " —Many thanks for the last communication—privacy shall be respected ;
BRO . SN EWING , ( 23 ) . —We invoke future aspirations . A POOR MASON . —The salaries of the functionaries are about £ 1000 per annum . The secretaries of the Girls' and Boys' Schools receive each , we believe , £ 50 ; the secretary of the Asylum £ 21 . The amount Q £ salary for the new Benevolent Fund is not yet fixed . The several collectors are- paid by commission . We never heard that the Grand Rep , receives any gratuity for his services . A SCOTTISH MASOw . —The publication of the new edition of Laurie's Masonry will probably appear in-the spring . . BRO . DR . SENIOR . —We hope to have done justice to the report . He was , however , so
overcautious in sealing it , that we had much difficulty in discovering the " . well . " LECTOR . —If he will refer to page G 2 , No . 33 , he will find his object anticipated . Name and address are requested with any future communication ; the present signature will do for publication . . ANTIQUARIUS . —The letter has a Masonic reference ; : will our correspondent , for our own satisfaction , favor us with name and address ? A GIBRALTAR MASON . —As the correspondence" is unattended . toj- act as well as . you : canbut act . '
A KNOWING '* ONE . —Thelletteris not suited to us . Grapes may be sour , but we believe the . offer was really made and declined . " The Masonic cream-coloured horses" was probably the phrase used ; and might be considered as a joke ; assuming that a mounted Masonic police might assist the present constabulary force . The party alluded to is certaihly-not only one of the wittiest but wisest of men—a very miracle— 4 t When I speak , let no dog bark . " F-. B . II . —The letter of the 6 th , received on the 9 th , was too late ; but the subject has , we consider , been fortunately noticed already . Ijno . BAIN . —The late arrival of his dispatch has prevented our giving it in : full .
A PARTAKER . —The pleasant account of . No . 37 came too late for insertion . AVe can only notice : the compliment . paid , by an illustrious Brother to a P . J . G . D . in the form and substance of a haunch of venison , which was presented by him to tlie Lodge . , BRO ; W . K .-AVARD ' , ( 27 th ) . —Too late . - Bno . DUNN . —An article on the subject . was in type . bcfote . his communication . CUPAR . —Toolate ; but why no name or address ? BRO . CHAMBERS , ( 23 rd ) . —Our kind correspondent is toolate .- SIT : Lux , ( 23 rd ) . —Having neither name or address , we cannot throw sufficient ** Lux" on the subject . . A silly exhibition does really now and then take place as a libelon the memory of * Preston .
DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE . Having received numerous letters complaining that answers are withheld , we recommend that the following form be adopted , and struck oft" by the Grand Printer : — Sir and Brother , ' Freemasons' Hall , London 18 I am in receipt-of your letter under date the , and have placed-the same before H . Ii . H . tho AI . W . Grand Master , whose commands thereon J will communicate when directed . Yours fraternally , W . H . AVHITE , G . S .
Some such plan would save trouble , idle excuses , and unnecessary responsibility . It would also appear civil , and a little civility goes a great way . VOL . IX . 3 P