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Ireland.
IRELAND .
TO CORRESPONDENTS . _ JUSTUS ' letter to the Grand Master of Ireland is received . Theconduct ' of that noble Bro . in the late Grand Lodge is beyond all praise ; and our correspondent will , we are certain , approve otir not inserting the letter . OXKSIMUS must be mistaken . The R . W . Brother , who is exceeded by none in zeal for the Order , we vouch for it , never would demean himself by soliciting votes in opposition to principle , much less by paying their fares to Dublin for an un-Masonic purpose . ' A BnoTHKit . — We gratefully testify to the independent kindness of the editor of the ** Leinster Express , '' whose good opinion we are right glad to possess . P . M . —The Circular of tiie P . G . L . of North Minister is a pattern even for every Parent Grand Lod
ge . ONE ae THK COUNCIL OF UITBS . —Being anonvmous , we cannot publish his letter . He is not over scrupulous in his abuse of us—but let that pass . He stales the sale of the F . Q . R . is next to nothing in Dublin , and yet he howls that we are ruining the Order . He threatens to send his loiter to the ' * Mail , '' in case we do not publish it ! A Coniv MASON . —We are not responsible for tlie letters or opinions of others . Let our correspond cut repentse our editorial articles on the disgraceful affair , and he will find we have acted with greater impartiality than himself . ONE OK THK CRAFT . —The Council of Riles are a shade lower . The Limerick Glove ( Masonic ) requires a little easing—it fits a little tight . A * . X . —To Brother Fowler , altogether inadmissible . Did we not know the writer , we should doubt his
sanity . THE following note is not unimportant : — cc MR . EDITOH , —We are -desired , by one of the leading bouses in Dublin , to inform you , that there is a very considerable impetus given to the sale of The Freemasons' Quarterly Review . u Your obedient servants , Nov . 13 , 1844 ' . c ; THE PUBLISHERS . "
'' Authority , though it err like others , Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself , That skins the vice o" the top ' * * * * * " The prince will , in the perfection of time , Cast off his followers ; and their memory Shall as a pattern or a measure live , By which his grace must mete the lives of others , ¦ - ' ¦ Turning past evils to advantages . ' * .
In our leading article for June , 184 . Q , ' . w , e wrote stringently but respectfully on the subject of Masonic persecution , which had openly attacked us under the auspices of ' aVyeiial ' Board , and secretly by the influence of certain Brethren in'Dublin . These parties were aided by an Irish Brother , who was consequently promoted , and is now on his travels . ~ Had the entire ' leading article been taken as the charge against us , such charge would have met with public ridicule
even at that time ; but as the then opponents of good order first framed their charges and views , and then appended among other extracts the following , there was a speciousness in the subject which deceived many . That very extract , with the entire article , was intended at the time to explain to and admonish the recusant parties , both in London and Dublin . That it was adapted to the occasion , a perusal at the present moment will prove . — " We aver , then , that there is too much of pretence in the assumed
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ireland.
IRELAND .
TO CORRESPONDENTS . _ JUSTUS ' letter to the Grand Master of Ireland is received . Theconduct ' of that noble Bro . in the late Grand Lodge is beyond all praise ; and our correspondent will , we are certain , approve otir not inserting the letter . OXKSIMUS must be mistaken . The R . W . Brother , who is exceeded by none in zeal for the Order , we vouch for it , never would demean himself by soliciting votes in opposition to principle , much less by paying their fares to Dublin for an un-Masonic purpose . ' A BnoTHKit . — We gratefully testify to the independent kindness of the editor of the ** Leinster Express , '' whose good opinion we are right glad to possess . P . M . —The Circular of tiie P . G . L . of North Minister is a pattern even for every Parent Grand Lod
ge . ONE ae THK COUNCIL OF UITBS . —Being anonvmous , we cannot publish his letter . He is not over scrupulous in his abuse of us—but let that pass . He stales the sale of the F . Q . R . is next to nothing in Dublin , and yet he howls that we are ruining the Order . He threatens to send his loiter to the ' * Mail , '' in case we do not publish it ! A Coniv MASON . —We are not responsible for tlie letters or opinions of others . Let our correspond cut repentse our editorial articles on the disgraceful affair , and he will find we have acted with greater impartiality than himself . ONE OK THK CRAFT . —The Council of Riles are a shade lower . The Limerick Glove ( Masonic ) requires a little easing—it fits a little tight . A * . X . —To Brother Fowler , altogether inadmissible . Did we not know the writer , we should doubt his
sanity . THE following note is not unimportant : — cc MR . EDITOH , —We are -desired , by one of the leading bouses in Dublin , to inform you , that there is a very considerable impetus given to the sale of The Freemasons' Quarterly Review . u Your obedient servants , Nov . 13 , 1844 ' . c ; THE PUBLISHERS . "
'' Authority , though it err like others , Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself , That skins the vice o" the top ' * * * * * " The prince will , in the perfection of time , Cast off his followers ; and their memory Shall as a pattern or a measure live , By which his grace must mete the lives of others , ¦ - ' ¦ Turning past evils to advantages . ' * .
In our leading article for June , 184 . Q , ' . w , e wrote stringently but respectfully on the subject of Masonic persecution , which had openly attacked us under the auspices of ' aVyeiial ' Board , and secretly by the influence of certain Brethren in'Dublin . These parties were aided by an Irish Brother , who was consequently promoted , and is now on his travels . ~ Had the entire ' leading article been taken as the charge against us , such charge would have met with public ridicule
even at that time ; but as the then opponents of good order first framed their charges and views , and then appended among other extracts the following , there was a speciousness in the subject which deceived many . That very extract , with the entire article , was intended at the time to explain to and admonish the recusant parties , both in London and Dublin . That it was adapted to the occasion , a perusal at the present moment will prove . — " We aver , then , that there is too much of pretence in the assumed