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The Editor requests that all communications may be sent to him , at 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields , London , W . C ., by the 20 th of each month , at latest , to insure their insertion .
TO eOERESPONDENTS . Owing to the intervention of the Christmas holiday andthe crowded state of our pages , we are compelled to hold over many communications of interest until our next number , which will appear on Wednesday , January 6 . " A Past Master /—Properly , every communication to a Prov . G . M . or D . Prov . G . M . should be made from the Prov . G . Sec . The notice of Bro , Hesketh , R . W . G / M . for Lancaster , is perfectly au regie .
" Bombay Army . " --Fu 11 age , mature judgment , and strict morals . The usual expenses vary from £ 4 . 10 s . upwards . You must be introduced by ' a well-known Mason . Should "Bombay Army " ' wish for any further information , he may forward a letter with his name and address to the editor , who will communicate with him direct . Baldwyn Encampments . —A correspondent writes : "In the manifesto from Nash & Co ., at page 967 of your Magazine , is asserted that the Duke of Sussex was
elected G . M . of the Encampments of Knights Templar , & c . I know nothing of the election , but I do know the Duke was in all warrants for Encampments styled Grand Prior , and so signed himself . His Eoyal Highness , as I understood , derived his power from Alexander , Emperor of Russia , who , after the death of his father , the Emperor Paul ( who had been elected by the Knights of Malta G . M . ) , took on himself the patronage of the United Orders . There had been , however ,
prior to that time , a Grand Encampment in England ; and the last trace I can find of it is , that it was held at the Castle and Banner , in the Isle of Wight . I further believe , that prior to Bro . Nash getting to the West , there was no Encampment at all at Bristol . Bro . Nash , as P . E . C ., took an active part in the formation of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Bite , and consequently aided in the formation of the separate jurisdiction as now authorized . "
" Cape Town . —You have no such power . We will write to you on the subj "A ect . Brother . "—We have not heard when the Prestonian Lecture is to be delivered . We should presume that sufficient notice will be given to insure a full muster of the Craft . " Delta " asks— " 1 . On the constitution of a new Chapter in a county where there is no Prov . Grand Superintendent , are the officers of the new Chapter at
liberty to apply to a neighbouring province for the services of a P . Z . to consecrate and install ? and is a dispensation from the Grand Chapter necessary , or can they apply to any duly-qualified P . Z . for consecration and installation , whom they may think fit , without a dispensation ? The Regulations do not appear clear on the point . 2 . In the case of a dispensation , on the recommendation of G . S . E ., previous to granting a Chapter warrant , ought the officers to be duly installed before conducting the business of a Chapter , such as exaltation , & c , or should this
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Notice
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The Editor requests that all communications may be sent to him , at 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-fields , London , W . C ., by the 20 th of each month , at latest , to insure their insertion .
TO eOERESPONDENTS . Owing to the intervention of the Christmas holiday andthe crowded state of our pages , we are compelled to hold over many communications of interest until our next number , which will appear on Wednesday , January 6 . " A Past Master /—Properly , every communication to a Prov . G . M . or D . Prov . G . M . should be made from the Prov . G . Sec . The notice of Bro , Hesketh , R . W . G / M . for Lancaster , is perfectly au regie .
" Bombay Army . " --Fu 11 age , mature judgment , and strict morals . The usual expenses vary from £ 4 . 10 s . upwards . You must be introduced by ' a well-known Mason . Should "Bombay Army " ' wish for any further information , he may forward a letter with his name and address to the editor , who will communicate with him direct . Baldwyn Encampments . —A correspondent writes : "In the manifesto from Nash & Co ., at page 967 of your Magazine , is asserted that the Duke of Sussex was
elected G . M . of the Encampments of Knights Templar , & c . I know nothing of the election , but I do know the Duke was in all warrants for Encampments styled Grand Prior , and so signed himself . His Eoyal Highness , as I understood , derived his power from Alexander , Emperor of Russia , who , after the death of his father , the Emperor Paul ( who had been elected by the Knights of Malta G . M . ) , took on himself the patronage of the United Orders . There had been , however ,
prior to that time , a Grand Encampment in England ; and the last trace I can find of it is , that it was held at the Castle and Banner , in the Isle of Wight . I further believe , that prior to Bro . Nash getting to the West , there was no Encampment at all at Bristol . Bro . Nash , as P . E . C ., took an active part in the formation of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Bite , and consequently aided in the formation of the separate jurisdiction as now authorized . "
" Cape Town . —You have no such power . We will write to you on the subj "A ect . Brother . "—We have not heard when the Prestonian Lecture is to be delivered . We should presume that sufficient notice will be given to insure a full muster of the Craft . " Delta " asks— " 1 . On the constitution of a new Chapter in a county where there is no Prov . Grand Superintendent , are the officers of the new Chapter at
liberty to apply to a neighbouring province for the services of a P . Z . to consecrate and install ? and is a dispensation from the Grand Chapter necessary , or can they apply to any duly-qualified P . Z . for consecration and installation , whom they may think fit , without a dispensation ? The Regulations do not appear clear on the point . 2 . In the case of a dispensation , on the recommendation of G . S . E ., previous to granting a Chapter warrant , ought the officers to be duly installed before conducting the business of a Chapter , such as exaltation , & c , or should this