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To Correspondents.
ETIQURTTK . —It may or may not he in accordance with a public statute ; but we see no impropriety in the proposed mode of disposing of the elegant Masonic furniture at Bath . A MASTER OF CEREMONIES . —The style is Director , not Master . 1 . A Master cannot empower any Brother ( unless a Master or Past Master ) to initiate , pass , or raise . 2 . A Master cannot resign his chair , unless to a Master or Past Master . 3 . A Master may , in the absence of his AVardens , request other Brethren , being Master Masons , to act as Wardens pro tern . ; but such Brethren should vacate their seats on the
entrance of the regular AVardens . 4 . As the Master has no power to direct a Warden ( the Warden not being a Master or Past Master ) to initiate , he cannot complain of the manner in which such AVarden may have illegally acted . Indeed , the Master would be amenable to Masonic law . 5 . The situations ofthe various Brethren are correctly given . AN UNINITIATED inquires what course he should take in preferring a complaint against a Mason before a Masonic tribunal ? He bas no remedy—but in the laws of his country . ONE THAT THE SHOE PINCHES is of opinion that the evidence of a profane (!) is valid
against a Mason . Masonically , it is not . The Board of General Purposes could not entertain it . D . S . —The Stewards of a private Lodge are not entitled to wear clothing different from other members , except tbe jewel attached to the official collar . A GRAND OFFICER is desirous to know if the P . G . M . for Berks has a pocket dispensation to permit Brethren to wear their Masonic clothing when their legs are under the same mahogany with the profane ({) with whom they hob and nob ? A PROV . GRAND OFFICER . —The letter is well written ; the exception proves the rule . Generally , D . P . G . M . 's consider they possess authority for the protection—not the oppression of their constituents . At present , however , in the case alluded to , authority is yet but
young , and will probably amend . We will keep an " Eye '" open . AN IPSWICH MASON . —There would be no breach of discipline in seeking for and obtaining the three lectures , —keeping a due guard on certain points . AVhat have been shown to us are certainly improper , and grossly incorrect . A AVARDEN . —You cannot constitutionally either make , pass , or raise . A BRISTOL MASON . —Fear not ; the party got into tbe wrong court , and if be persists must go to the " Bailey . ' * THE GHOST OF THE LATE BRO . AV . AVHITE should have visited his successor , and reproved him for his officious interference , on the 30 th ultimo , in the case of a most worthy Mason ;
who , upwards of fifty years ago , not only subscrihed his ten guineas to the Girls' School , but ornamented the edifice with a splendid grouping of figures , in which Charity ' iz the most prominent Cannot an official understand that the Committee of Masters is not to be dictated to?—he may answer but not originate questions ; and least of all should he endeavour to dam the stream of benevolence . A BIRMINGHAM MASON . —In declining to comply , we disclaim discourtesy . ^ BRO . LLOYD . —Thanks for the communication . J . C . —The account of the Sunderland meeting was worked off previous to the receipt of
his obliging communication . ONE PRESENT at the banquet of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , 269 , on the 12 th of December , describes the entertainment as the perfection of art . Truly , if the account be not overstated , it baffles description ; and it was probably well for the twenty Brethren who commenced at six with " Oysters from Ostend and Chateau Grille , and concluded at ten with Parmesan and Lafitte , " that they were carefully attended by their medical friend the AV . Master , who having before him the motto of his patron St . Andrew , "Nemo me impune lacessit , " took care to season enjoyment with moderation . St . Andrew himself would have wondered at the feast . We much wish to have a carte of the bill of fare , which can never be exceeded .
AIlCH MATTERS . J . C—The lloyal Arch degree is but a perfection of the third ; none are admissible to the secret installation of the AV . M . of a Craft Lodge except those who have been installed as such themselves . During the secret ceremony all but actual Masters and Past Masters must retire .
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To Correspondents.
ETIQURTTK . —It may or may not he in accordance with a public statute ; but we see no impropriety in the proposed mode of disposing of the elegant Masonic furniture at Bath . A MASTER OF CEREMONIES . —The style is Director , not Master . 1 . A Master cannot empower any Brother ( unless a Master or Past Master ) to initiate , pass , or raise . 2 . A Master cannot resign his chair , unless to a Master or Past Master . 3 . A Master may , in the absence of his AVardens , request other Brethren , being Master Masons , to act as Wardens pro tern . ; but such Brethren should vacate their seats on the
entrance of the regular AVardens . 4 . As the Master has no power to direct a Warden ( the Warden not being a Master or Past Master ) to initiate , he cannot complain of the manner in which such AVarden may have illegally acted . Indeed , the Master would be amenable to Masonic law . 5 . The situations ofthe various Brethren are correctly given . AN UNINITIATED inquires what course he should take in preferring a complaint against a Mason before a Masonic tribunal ? He bas no remedy—but in the laws of his country . ONE THAT THE SHOE PINCHES is of opinion that the evidence of a profane (!) is valid
against a Mason . Masonically , it is not . The Board of General Purposes could not entertain it . D . S . —The Stewards of a private Lodge are not entitled to wear clothing different from other members , except tbe jewel attached to the official collar . A GRAND OFFICER is desirous to know if the P . G . M . for Berks has a pocket dispensation to permit Brethren to wear their Masonic clothing when their legs are under the same mahogany with the profane ({) with whom they hob and nob ? A PROV . GRAND OFFICER . —The letter is well written ; the exception proves the rule . Generally , D . P . G . M . 's consider they possess authority for the protection—not the oppression of their constituents . At present , however , in the case alluded to , authority is yet but
young , and will probably amend . We will keep an " Eye '" open . AN IPSWICH MASON . —There would be no breach of discipline in seeking for and obtaining the three lectures , —keeping a due guard on certain points . AVhat have been shown to us are certainly improper , and grossly incorrect . A AVARDEN . —You cannot constitutionally either make , pass , or raise . A BRISTOL MASON . —Fear not ; the party got into tbe wrong court , and if be persists must go to the " Bailey . ' * THE GHOST OF THE LATE BRO . AV . AVHITE should have visited his successor , and reproved him for his officious interference , on the 30 th ultimo , in the case of a most worthy Mason ;
who , upwards of fifty years ago , not only subscrihed his ten guineas to the Girls' School , but ornamented the edifice with a splendid grouping of figures , in which Charity ' iz the most prominent Cannot an official understand that the Committee of Masters is not to be dictated to?—he may answer but not originate questions ; and least of all should he endeavour to dam the stream of benevolence . A BIRMINGHAM MASON . —In declining to comply , we disclaim discourtesy . ^ BRO . LLOYD . —Thanks for the communication . J . C . —The account of the Sunderland meeting was worked off previous to the receipt of
his obliging communication . ONE PRESENT at the banquet of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , 269 , on the 12 th of December , describes the entertainment as the perfection of art . Truly , if the account be not overstated , it baffles description ; and it was probably well for the twenty Brethren who commenced at six with " Oysters from Ostend and Chateau Grille , and concluded at ten with Parmesan and Lafitte , " that they were carefully attended by their medical friend the AV . Master , who having before him the motto of his patron St . Andrew , "Nemo me impune lacessit , " took care to season enjoyment with moderation . St . Andrew himself would have wondered at the feast . We much wish to have a carte of the bill of fare , which can never be exceeded .
AIlCH MATTERS . J . C—The lloyal Arch degree is but a perfection of the third ; none are admissible to the secret installation of the AV . M . of a Craft Lodge except those who have been installed as such themselves . During the secret ceremony all but actual Masters and Past Masters must retire .