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To Correspondents.
P . Z . —The present laws are silent as to the number that may be exalted ; in the new laws ( which now remain for inspection in the office ) , it is expressly provided that any number may be exalted . A PRINCIPAL , being present , should have spoken in Grand Chapter . A COMPANION appears to expect that " Officials" will go one jot out of their way to set matters right . Alas poor Companion ! Z . —The laws will probably be in print by August , and before if the idea should bestir the
executive . AN ENGLISH Z ., being an A S S : Sojourner of the G . C—the party was , we presume , the senior officer present . AN HONEST COMPANION . —Nothing is left but to rescind the vote . J . —Muzzle the ox !— 'tis easier than " belling the cat , " —and theroar will become a moan . SCRIBE E . —It is altogether ILLEGAL to give the P . M . degree in the manner stated . A COMPANION ( Dewsbury } . —It is matter of congratulation to know that Arch alasonry is so much in the ascendant .
TEMPLARS . A PAST COMMANDER . —The Scottish Grand Conclave addresses the associates thus—Novice Esquire fra . A . B . . +. Knight fnt . + A . B . — Knight Commander , + / ra . A . B . — Grand Cross £ / ra . A . B . — P . E . C—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the M . E . C . is Grand Master for
life of the Masonic Knights Templars of England , and all documents are signed by him , or by his command ; but we have seen his signature recently thus : "Augustus F ., G . P . Sup . Grand Conclave of England . " Bno . AVATSON . —Points connected with his letter being under the consideration of parties learned in the subject , compel us to defer tbe publication of his letter .
THE ASYLUM AND THE BENEVOLENT ANNUITY PUND . The former—the original branch of Masonic benevolence—is in a very satisfactory state . A ball will take place on the 10 th of January in Freemasons' Hall , and we doubt not but that it will be well attended , and that the ladies in particular , by the assiduity of the stewards , will enjoy a happy evening . The latter branch has much promise : indeed , if it will but avoid the quicksands which the . ungenerous few have contrived , for the purpose of impeding " its honorable progress—time will
effect all the good that its bast friends wish it . Let its Committee eschew meanness of every kind—promulgate nothing offensive—and above all , let them denounce the false reports that are propagated respecting the Asylum , —to the supporters of whieh they are so deeply indebted for example , and whose forbearance under circumstances is a practical moral lesson " The stone is raised , the temple is begun ; Help ! and its walls shall glitter in the sun I"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To Correspondents.
P . Z . —The present laws are silent as to the number that may be exalted ; in the new laws ( which now remain for inspection in the office ) , it is expressly provided that any number may be exalted . A PRINCIPAL , being present , should have spoken in Grand Chapter . A COMPANION appears to expect that " Officials" will go one jot out of their way to set matters right . Alas poor Companion ! Z . —The laws will probably be in print by August , and before if the idea should bestir the
executive . AN ENGLISH Z ., being an A S S : Sojourner of the G . C—the party was , we presume , the senior officer present . AN HONEST COMPANION . —Nothing is left but to rescind the vote . J . —Muzzle the ox !— 'tis easier than " belling the cat , " —and theroar will become a moan . SCRIBE E . —It is altogether ILLEGAL to give the P . M . degree in the manner stated . A COMPANION ( Dewsbury } . —It is matter of congratulation to know that Arch alasonry is so much in the ascendant .
TEMPLARS . A PAST COMMANDER . —The Scottish Grand Conclave addresses the associates thus—Novice Esquire fra . A . B . . +. Knight fnt . + A . B . — Knight Commander , + / ra . A . B . — Grand Cross £ / ra . A . B . — P . E . C—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the M . E . C . is Grand Master for
life of the Masonic Knights Templars of England , and all documents are signed by him , or by his command ; but we have seen his signature recently thus : "Augustus F ., G . P . Sup . Grand Conclave of England . " Bno . AVATSON . —Points connected with his letter being under the consideration of parties learned in the subject , compel us to defer tbe publication of his letter .
THE ASYLUM AND THE BENEVOLENT ANNUITY PUND . The former—the original branch of Masonic benevolence—is in a very satisfactory state . A ball will take place on the 10 th of January in Freemasons' Hall , and we doubt not but that it will be well attended , and that the ladies in particular , by the assiduity of the stewards , will enjoy a happy evening . The latter branch has much promise : indeed , if it will but avoid the quicksands which the . ungenerous few have contrived , for the purpose of impeding " its honorable progress—time will
effect all the good that its bast friends wish it . Let its Committee eschew meanness of every kind—promulgate nothing offensive—and above all , let them denounce the false reports that are propagated respecting the Asylum , —to the supporters of whieh they are so deeply indebted for example , and whose forbearance under circumstances is a practical moral lesson " The stone is raised , the temple is begun ; Help ! and its walls shall glitter in the sun I"