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To Correspondents.
A Mara OF NO . 122 is quiteat liberty to decline taking in the " Masonic Mirror , " if he thinks fit . Wt are not personally present at every meeting of the Stonehoust Lodee but tee have every reason to believe that our notices are correct . The W . M . of No . 224 is thanked for the kind notice he has been pleased to take of our labours . We deem hit having a portion of the contents of the " Mirror" read in open ifrir L J " com P lin > e nt—"" n tltough he did so for the purposes of abuse . The WM . o / 224 may rest assured that no threats of the withdrawal of from the
patronage Mirror mil deter us from expressing our tpinions honestly and fearlessly . We shall be much pleased if a few more W . M . ' s will do us the honour of bringing the " Mirror " under the notice of the members of their respective Lodges . R , D ., MADRAS . —The paper alluded to never came to hand . J . C , WANDSWORTH . — Communicate with the editor of the " Masonic Mirror , " givin g your name and address , that he may write to vou on the subiee . t nri . n „ tel « . "
T . S . OPENSHAW . —27 ie " Masonic Mirrors" are so packed as to be impossible to come undone tn the rest Office , excepting by gross negligence . We agree with EMe that it would be very desirable that a copy of every summons to a Lodge meeting should be forwarded to the G . Sec . in London , or the G . S . of the Province in which the Lodge meets , as thereby many irregularities would be checked , whilst the expense ( merel y the postage ) would be too trivial to be worth notice . B . L . —Ihe letter shall be published in full in the next number of the " Mirror "; the Lodge had better WMThe time will when
never a .. come every officer mast be examined before he is duly appointed by the W . M . NORWICH . —The Grand Chaplain may be asked , but we doubt his authority . SCOTLAND . —The Lodge meets on a Tuesday . See our observations and the corresponded relative to the Mark Masons m the present number of the " Mirror " General Cooke was introduced formall y to the Grand Lodge , but we believe there was a sad misunderstanding with reference to the transaction shall ive the information
. We g more fully m our next "Mirror . " Our American letter did not arrive in time for the investigation . J Br . Adlard is employed to clothe the children in the Boys' School-we believe , by contract ihe present Lord Mayor is a Mason . He has not yet invited ihe Grand Lodge to ami entertainment . ° •>
The Deputy Grand Master , Lord Yarborough , offered to preside at a special festival in aid of the Building Fund for the Boys' School , which he said reflected much on the Crafi , as having been delayed so long . We refer our correspondent to the account we gave m the" Mirror , of the festival ; where he will find the information he asks for . Ivwicn .-The inquirers of the Companion should be referred to the Grand Secretary ' s office ; address the letter to Br . W . White or Br . William Famfield , but suchinfomaturn , like that from the star-chambers of yore , will , we fear , not be obtained . UzsrzRAXvuK will be ri
' . fn . -AU ght ; the auditorsare responsible , and their excellent brethren are beyond the reach of such observation . P . M ., DURHAM , will see that we have alluded to ihe circumstance in another page It is no use asking the G . Sec . when ihe minutes of quarterly communications will be pubhshed , they being now only five quarters behind-hand . Ask some London brother to put the question in Cx . Lodge . ? AN ADMINISTRATIVE REroRMM .-IFe do not wonder at the delays in obtaining answers from the Grand Secretary ' s office . What can be expected from an office where thl pnncipal-the G . Sec . of Englund-rarel y appears before four o ' clock in the afternoon and sometimes not at all . > j'zinvvn ,
Br . Crawley , who is well known for the kind assistance he affords at Lodges of Instruc twn , will take a benefit at the Soho Theatre , on the 16 th . The so-called Bon Accord Lodge of Mark Masons held a meeting on Wednesday last , when Lord Leigh was installed into the chair , and eight companions initiated . We have re . eeivedareportoftlw proceedings , but the Lodge having been proved lo be illegal we must decline to publisli it . "" = 6 ui , wu We do not approve of booksellers becoming chapmen for bad ges and jewels . Even , " cobbler should stick tohs own last , " and let others enjoy their fair share of business . Freemasons Hull , adjoming the Queen ' s Hotel , Liverpool , has been converted into a Casino .
ERRATA .-Jn Br . Gaylor ' s letter , printed in last month ' s "Mirror , " in line 12 , 1845 "fxneded " At tXV'Zf b ° T > ° i ^' S 02 themk ^^ ^ nUte expeded . At page 403 , line 14 , for protected , read " practised , " and at line 22 , for firmly , read "formerly . " At line 14 from the bottom , in page 370 , the name of Br . Pin ton Cooper is printed Preston Cooper . Luckily , Br . Cooper Is too well known to make this error of any material consequence .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To Correspondents.
A Mara OF NO . 122 is quiteat liberty to decline taking in the " Masonic Mirror , " if he thinks fit . Wt are not personally present at every meeting of the Stonehoust Lodee but tee have every reason to believe that our notices are correct . The W . M . of No . 224 is thanked for the kind notice he has been pleased to take of our labours . We deem hit having a portion of the contents of the " Mirror" read in open ifrir L J " com P lin > e nt—"" n tltough he did so for the purposes of abuse . The WM . o / 224 may rest assured that no threats of the withdrawal of from the
patronage Mirror mil deter us from expressing our tpinions honestly and fearlessly . We shall be much pleased if a few more W . M . ' s will do us the honour of bringing the " Mirror " under the notice of the members of their respective Lodges . R , D ., MADRAS . —The paper alluded to never came to hand . J . C , WANDSWORTH . — Communicate with the editor of the " Masonic Mirror , " givin g your name and address , that he may write to vou on the subiee . t nri . n „ tel « . "
T . S . OPENSHAW . —27 ie " Masonic Mirrors" are so packed as to be impossible to come undone tn the rest Office , excepting by gross negligence . We agree with EMe that it would be very desirable that a copy of every summons to a Lodge meeting should be forwarded to the G . Sec . in London , or the G . S . of the Province in which the Lodge meets , as thereby many irregularities would be checked , whilst the expense ( merel y the postage ) would be too trivial to be worth notice . B . L . —Ihe letter shall be published in full in the next number of the " Mirror "; the Lodge had better WMThe time will when
never a .. come every officer mast be examined before he is duly appointed by the W . M . NORWICH . —The Grand Chaplain may be asked , but we doubt his authority . SCOTLAND . —The Lodge meets on a Tuesday . See our observations and the corresponded relative to the Mark Masons m the present number of the " Mirror " General Cooke was introduced formall y to the Grand Lodge , but we believe there was a sad misunderstanding with reference to the transaction shall ive the information
. We g more fully m our next "Mirror . " Our American letter did not arrive in time for the investigation . J Br . Adlard is employed to clothe the children in the Boys' School-we believe , by contract ihe present Lord Mayor is a Mason . He has not yet invited ihe Grand Lodge to ami entertainment . ° •>
The Deputy Grand Master , Lord Yarborough , offered to preside at a special festival in aid of the Building Fund for the Boys' School , which he said reflected much on the Crafi , as having been delayed so long . We refer our correspondent to the account we gave m the" Mirror , of the festival ; where he will find the information he asks for . Ivwicn .-The inquirers of the Companion should be referred to the Grand Secretary ' s office ; address the letter to Br . W . White or Br . William Famfield , but suchinfomaturn , like that from the star-chambers of yore , will , we fear , not be obtained . UzsrzRAXvuK will be ri
' . fn . -AU ght ; the auditorsare responsible , and their excellent brethren are beyond the reach of such observation . P . M ., DURHAM , will see that we have alluded to ihe circumstance in another page It is no use asking the G . Sec . when ihe minutes of quarterly communications will be pubhshed , they being now only five quarters behind-hand . Ask some London brother to put the question in Cx . Lodge . ? AN ADMINISTRATIVE REroRMM .-IFe do not wonder at the delays in obtaining answers from the Grand Secretary ' s office . What can be expected from an office where thl pnncipal-the G . Sec . of Englund-rarel y appears before four o ' clock in the afternoon and sometimes not at all . > j'zinvvn ,
Br . Crawley , who is well known for the kind assistance he affords at Lodges of Instruc twn , will take a benefit at the Soho Theatre , on the 16 th . The so-called Bon Accord Lodge of Mark Masons held a meeting on Wednesday last , when Lord Leigh was installed into the chair , and eight companions initiated . We have re . eeivedareportoftlw proceedings , but the Lodge having been proved lo be illegal we must decline to publisli it . "" = 6 ui , wu We do not approve of booksellers becoming chapmen for bad ges and jewels . Even , " cobbler should stick tohs own last , " and let others enjoy their fair share of business . Freemasons Hull , adjoming the Queen ' s Hotel , Liverpool , has been converted into a Casino .
ERRATA .-Jn Br . Gaylor ' s letter , printed in last month ' s "Mirror , " in line 12 , 1845 "fxneded " At tXV'Zf b ° T > ° i ^' S 02 themk ^^ ^ nUte expeded . At page 403 , line 14 , for protected , read " practised , " and at line 22 , for firmly , read "formerly . " At line 14 from the bottom , in page 370 , the name of Br . Pin ton Cooper is printed Preston Cooper . Luckily , Br . Cooper Is too well known to make this error of any material consequence .