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Notices To Correspondents.
HULL . —INNER GUARD . —AA e should think not . A \ e have no means of ascertaining the fact , and ivould advise you to send the question to the Editor of "Notes and Queries . " There is little internal evidence in Shakspeare ' s ivritingsand we knOAV them ivell—to show that he ivas one of our Order .
No . 707 . —W . C . —We have reason to believe that our Brother is misinformed . We can assure him that he is quite ivrong in his supposition . Where we have one letter in support of his views , we have at least twenty in opposition to them . We have never heard of the general idea of "the concern not being a paying undertaking . " We beg to assure him that this is far from being the fact ; that there is no need "to cut down expenses "—nay , it is preferred advantageously to increase them—and that if we were to adopt the advice given , the publication would speedily become extinct . We do notof courseknow in what Masonic circles
, , our Brother W . C . moves , but in those with which Ave are in the habit of associating , we find it is just the reverse to what he meets with . It is a fault with many Bro . Masons , as in general society , that too many offer recommendations upon subjects with which they are unacquainted , and which , if they could be adopted , ivould be most injurious .
NORFOLK . —P . S . G . W . —AVe have not the slightest idea , who will be appointed as a successor to the late Prov . G . M . Lord Suffield . We have heard several names mentioned , but we believe nothing definite has been determined upon . There are several Brethren of good family , and long standing in the county , ivho are quite capable of holding the office , and raising its reputation .
CASTLE LODGE , NO . 36 . —We believe it is the general opinion of a majority in this Lodge that erasure is the only course that will tend to settle existing differences . The whole of the proceedings , as far as we have heen able' to learn , are most unfortunate . BOARD OE G . P . —INQUIRER . —We believe that " no appointments have been , or will be made , to fill up the vacancies , which have been occasioned by untoward circumstances .
CHALCOTT , WESTBURY . —0 . S . —To your first inquiry , addressed to our publishers , —YES ! To your second , —No ! We shall be happy to hear further . OXFORD . —W . P . —We have heard , ivith some surprise , that offence has been given in this University , by no report of Masonic proceedings having appeared in our September number . The best reason we can assign for the absence of such a report is that it never reached lis . Will the Brother be kind enough to inform us , whenhowand wheresuch a report was transmitted ? He may rest assured we
, , , will spare no exertions to find out in what quarter the blame of omission rests . Whilst replying to this matter , we must once more entreat our Oxford correspondent to furnish us with his MS . earlier than it is usually received . It was almost too late this month for insertion ; and but that we put ourselves to inconvenience to make room for it , it must have stood over .
CALNE . —W . J . M . —We are glad to hear of the introduction of Masonry into this borough . BOARD OE MASTERS . —A W . M . —A Board is not formed unless three W . M . 's or P . M . ' s be present . The Brother was regularly installed under the circumstances named . TEMPLARISM . —MANUAL . —We should recommend an application to Sir Kt . Emly , 3 , New-square , Lincoln ' s Inn , who is better versed in these subjects than any other Templar that we are acquainted with .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notices To Correspondents.
HULL . —INNER GUARD . —AA e should think not . A \ e have no means of ascertaining the fact , and ivould advise you to send the question to the Editor of "Notes and Queries . " There is little internal evidence in Shakspeare ' s ivritingsand we knOAV them ivell—to show that he ivas one of our Order .
No . 707 . —W . C . —We have reason to believe that our Brother is misinformed . We can assure him that he is quite ivrong in his supposition . Where we have one letter in support of his views , we have at least twenty in opposition to them . We have never heard of the general idea of "the concern not being a paying undertaking . " We beg to assure him that this is far from being the fact ; that there is no need "to cut down expenses "—nay , it is preferred advantageously to increase them—and that if we were to adopt the advice given , the publication would speedily become extinct . We do notof courseknow in what Masonic circles
, , our Brother W . C . moves , but in those with which Ave are in the habit of associating , we find it is just the reverse to what he meets with . It is a fault with many Bro . Masons , as in general society , that too many offer recommendations upon subjects with which they are unacquainted , and which , if they could be adopted , ivould be most injurious .
NORFOLK . —P . S . G . W . —AVe have not the slightest idea , who will be appointed as a successor to the late Prov . G . M . Lord Suffield . We have heard several names mentioned , but we believe nothing definite has been determined upon . There are several Brethren of good family , and long standing in the county , ivho are quite capable of holding the office , and raising its reputation .
CASTLE LODGE , NO . 36 . —We believe it is the general opinion of a majority in this Lodge that erasure is the only course that will tend to settle existing differences . The whole of the proceedings , as far as we have heen able' to learn , are most unfortunate . BOARD OE G . P . —INQUIRER . —We believe that " no appointments have been , or will be made , to fill up the vacancies , which have been occasioned by untoward circumstances .
CHALCOTT , WESTBURY . —0 . S . —To your first inquiry , addressed to our publishers , —YES ! To your second , —No ! We shall be happy to hear further . OXFORD . —W . P . —We have heard , ivith some surprise , that offence has been given in this University , by no report of Masonic proceedings having appeared in our September number . The best reason we can assign for the absence of such a report is that it never reached lis . Will the Brother be kind enough to inform us , whenhowand wheresuch a report was transmitted ? He may rest assured we
, , , will spare no exertions to find out in what quarter the blame of omission rests . Whilst replying to this matter , we must once more entreat our Oxford correspondent to furnish us with his MS . earlier than it is usually received . It was almost too late this month for insertion ; and but that we put ourselves to inconvenience to make room for it , it must have stood over .
CALNE . —W . J . M . —We are glad to hear of the introduction of Masonry into this borough . BOARD OE MASTERS . —A W . M . —A Board is not formed unless three W . M . 's or P . M . ' s be present . The Brother was regularly installed under the circumstances named . TEMPLARISM . —MANUAL . —We should recommend an application to Sir Kt . Emly , 3 , New-square , Lincoln ' s Inn , who is better versed in these subjects than any other Templar that we are acquainted with .