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Notices.
NOTICES .
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 We shall be h & jppy to receive essays or lectures on Masonic aubjeots , returning them ( should they not be accepted ) if desired
TO OOEBESPONDENm ^ G . B . "—It is not usual to rise on the toast of " The Officers " being given , unless there should be one or more Past Masters amongst the body .
¦' .. " S . W . J . W . "—AVe can see no impediment to your being elected W . M . in a second . Lodge whilst holding the Mastership of another , as yen will be out of office in the one before you are installed in the other . Should any accident however , happen to prevent your successor in No , 1 being installed before the installation day of No . 2 , you will be unable to take the chair without a dispensation from the M . W . G . M . or Prov . G . M ,
¦ u K , T . " —You are correct with regard to the first motto . The second belongs to the Chivalriu Order , which is not Masonic , The motto is known only to its members . The Duke of Leeds is , we believe , the head of this institution in England .
" L . L . "—The report of the opening of the Stoneleigh Lodge appeared in our number of February 17 . " M . M . " —The Duke of Manchester is Senior Warden of the Lodge of Antiquity ; he is a younger Mason than the earl of Carnarvon . o
"Z . H . J . "—We do not consider that there is anything in the Book of Constitutions to prevent the wearing of the Scotch M . M . ' s jewel , hut we think it unadvisable to multiply jewels in the Craft . Bro . Hunter is thanked for his offer ; we shall be happy to avail ourselves of l ^ is services .
Lsr answer to two or three correspondents , we may reply that we shall be happy to receive their balloting papers for the elections to our Charities , and use them to the best advantage for their candidates . The election for the Benevolent Institution takes place on the 2 7 th May . We trust the Brethren not otherwise engaged will not forget that Bro . William Bell Slater is appealing to them for the fourteenth time , Cannot the Lancashire Brethren ( he belonging to that county ) carry him in ? We are compelled to omit several articles and communications for want of space .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notices.
NOTICES .
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 We shall be h & jppy to receive essays or lectures on Masonic aubjeots , returning them ( should they not be accepted ) if desired
TO OOEBESPONDENm ^ G . B . "—It is not usual to rise on the toast of " The Officers " being given , unless there should be one or more Past Masters amongst the body .
¦' .. " S . W . J . W . "—AVe can see no impediment to your being elected W . M . in a second . Lodge whilst holding the Mastership of another , as yen will be out of office in the one before you are installed in the other . Should any accident however , happen to prevent your successor in No , 1 being installed before the installation day of No . 2 , you will be unable to take the chair without a dispensation from the M . W . G . M . or Prov . G . M ,
¦ u K , T . " —You are correct with regard to the first motto . The second belongs to the Chivalriu Order , which is not Masonic , The motto is known only to its members . The Duke of Leeds is , we believe , the head of this institution in England .
" L . L . "—The report of the opening of the Stoneleigh Lodge appeared in our number of February 17 . " M . M . " —The Duke of Manchester is Senior Warden of the Lodge of Antiquity ; he is a younger Mason than the earl of Carnarvon . o
"Z . H . J . "—We do not consider that there is anything in the Book of Constitutions to prevent the wearing of the Scotch M . M . ' s jewel , hut we think it unadvisable to multiply jewels in the Craft . Bro . Hunter is thanked for his offer ; we shall be happy to avail ourselves of l ^ is services .
Lsr answer to two or three correspondents , we may reply that we shall be happy to receive their balloting papers for the elections to our Charities , and use them to the best advantage for their candidates . The election for the Benevolent Institution takes place on the 2 7 th May . We trust the Brethren not otherwise engaged will not forget that Bro . William Bell Slater is appealing to them for the fourteenth time , Cannot the Lancashire Brethren ( he belonging to that county ) carry him in ? We are compelled to omit several articles and communications for want of space .