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All communications for the Editor , to insure insertion in the next week ' s number , should be forwarded not later than Saturday . ' Advertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest by 12 o ' clock on Monday morning . Emblematic covers for the volume of 1857 are now , ready , price Is . 6 d . A few volumes may also be had , price lis . 6 d . each .
SpBoial Notice . —Our correspondents who so kindly furnish us with reports of meetings , & c ., are earnestly requested in every case to write on one side only of the paper they use . In future , the non-observance of this rule will necessitate our passing over communications which we should otherwise gladly insert , and which the Craft would be benefited by having presented to them ; for , in order to
produce our Magazine at the proper time , we are obliged to facilitate the operations of the printer , who knows no worse impediment than backed copy , not always legibly written . In giving proper names , where accuracy is so essentialsince for the spelling of such there is no orthographical standard—our correspondents should be careful to write very distinctly . We shall he happy to receive essays or lectures on Masonic subjects ) returning them ( should they not be accepted ) if desired .
¦ TO CORKESPOKDENTS . " No . 607 . " --The pedestal in the Chapter should be a simple double cube . All the characters should be on the face of the pedestal . " Delta . "^— Properly there should be nine Companions present to transact business in a R . A . Chapter , but five will suffice . There is no limit on the number of Brethren to be exalted on the same evening . The amount of subscription for the Magazine from April 7 th to the close of the volume will be 6 s . 6 cZ ., the present number closing the first half of the volume .
" J . J \ , " ( Canada West ) . —The triple cross of Salem belongs to the Pope ; formerly the Knights Templar and Knights of St . John , united as Masonic Knights , wore the Maltese Cross , which , designating the union of the two orders , was red within and white without . The same jewel was worn by all ranks , differing only in size or ornamental addition . Why the Grand Conclave altered this we have never been able to learn ; the old jewel was much handsomer than the new one , which displeased everybody excepting the introducer , Sir Knt .
Henry Emly . The triple cross , as worn by the E . G ., is decidedly objectionable , on account of its being the symbol of the ecclesiastical sovereign of Rome . The innovations in these degrees are , we hear , likely to bo discussed at the ensuing Grand Conclave ; the old party , who have never acknowledged the present government of the Supreme Council , ^ intending to demand the resignation of the title of" Grand Master , " and the resumption by the chief officer of that borne by the Duke of Sussex— "Grand Prior " of the Knights Templar and of the Knights
of Malta . On dit that Col . Tynte will resign his office , and Lord Leigh be elected in his stead . Col . Tynte first assumed the title of Grand Master . He is , in the certificates issued prior to 1851 , designated G . M . of the Masonic Knights Templar ^ K . D . O . S . H , of St . John of Jerusalem . Under the Duke of Sussex , and before his time the supreme body way designated the " Grand Encampment of England . " The word " Conclave " and the papal cross are a portion of the novelties of French origin lately introduced . bo ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notrges.
NOTrGES .
All communications for the Editor , to insure insertion in the next week ' s number , should be forwarded not later than Saturday . ' Advertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest by 12 o ' clock on Monday morning . Emblematic covers for the volume of 1857 are now , ready , price Is . 6 d . A few volumes may also be had , price lis . 6 d . each .
SpBoial Notice . —Our correspondents who so kindly furnish us with reports of meetings , & c ., are earnestly requested in every case to write on one side only of the paper they use . In future , the non-observance of this rule will necessitate our passing over communications which we should otherwise gladly insert , and which the Craft would be benefited by having presented to them ; for , in order to
produce our Magazine at the proper time , we are obliged to facilitate the operations of the printer , who knows no worse impediment than backed copy , not always legibly written . In giving proper names , where accuracy is so essentialsince for the spelling of such there is no orthographical standard—our correspondents should be careful to write very distinctly . We shall he happy to receive essays or lectures on Masonic subjects ) returning them ( should they not be accepted ) if desired .
¦ TO CORKESPOKDENTS . " No . 607 . " --The pedestal in the Chapter should be a simple double cube . All the characters should be on the face of the pedestal . " Delta . "^— Properly there should be nine Companions present to transact business in a R . A . Chapter , but five will suffice . There is no limit on the number of Brethren to be exalted on the same evening . The amount of subscription for the Magazine from April 7 th to the close of the volume will be 6 s . 6 cZ ., the present number closing the first half of the volume .
" J . J \ , " ( Canada West ) . —The triple cross of Salem belongs to the Pope ; formerly the Knights Templar and Knights of St . John , united as Masonic Knights , wore the Maltese Cross , which , designating the union of the two orders , was red within and white without . The same jewel was worn by all ranks , differing only in size or ornamental addition . Why the Grand Conclave altered this we have never been able to learn ; the old jewel was much handsomer than the new one , which displeased everybody excepting the introducer , Sir Knt .
Henry Emly . The triple cross , as worn by the E . G ., is decidedly objectionable , on account of its being the symbol of the ecclesiastical sovereign of Rome . The innovations in these degrees are , we hear , likely to bo discussed at the ensuing Grand Conclave ; the old party , who have never acknowledged the present government of the Supreme Council , ^ intending to demand the resignation of the title of" Grand Master , " and the resumption by the chief officer of that borne by the Duke of Sussex— "Grand Prior " of the Knights Templar and of the Knights
of Malta . On dit that Col . Tynte will resign his office , and Lord Leigh be elected in his stead . Col . Tynte first assumed the title of Grand Master . He is , in the certificates issued prior to 1851 , designated G . M . of the Masonic Knights Templar ^ K . D . O . S . H , of St . John of Jerusalem . Under the Duke of Sussex , and before his time the supreme body way designated the " Grand Encampment of England . " The word " Conclave " and the papal cross are a portion of the novelties of French origin lately introduced . bo ,